Evolution Practice

Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Barkley

• Isaac Newton

Geologists are studying the rock layers in an area. They want to study the oldest layer and fossils. Which layer should they pick?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Fitness is the ability to survive and reproduce in a specific environment.

• False

• True

Distinct yet related species, occupy different habitats within a local area:

Finch birds with a variety of beak shapes live on the Galapagos Islands.

• Species vary globally

• Species vary locally

• Species vary overtime

What scientist explains that the geological processes that happened in the past and ARE STILL HAPPENING today?

• Charles Darwin

• Lamarck

• Hutton and Lyell

• Malthus

Similar but distinct species, and have a separate habitats around the globe:

Rabbits live in grasslands in Europe, but not in South America and Australia.

• Species vary locally

• Species vary Globally

• Species vary overtime

The following factors are all needed in order evolution by Natural Selection to occur in a population except?

• Change over time

• Variablity

• Heritability

• Reproductive Advantage

• Sustainability

When a trait is passed down from one generation to the next, from parent to offspring

• Change over time

• Variability

• Heritability

• Reproductive advantage

Ms. Escobar is wearing a Star Wars sweater to celebrate May the 4th!

What is the name of the furry character on her sweater?

• Chewbacca

• Jar jar Binks

• Grogu

• Han solo

individuals with trait for one extreme type are more likely to survive and reproduce

• stabilizing selection

• directional selection

• disruptive selection

• genetic drift