Evidence of Evolution Quiz

According to Darwin, how long have things been evolving on Earth?

• Thousands of years

• Millions of years

• Hundreds of years

• Billions of years

Which of the following is an example of homologous structures of living things?

• Wings of a butterfly and wings of a bat

• Fins of a fish and wings of a bird

• Human arm and whale flipper

• Roots of a plant and legs of an insect

What does the Law of Superposition state?

• The oldest rock layers will be on the top, with successively younger rocks on the bottom.

• The oldest rock layers will be on the bottom, with successively younger rocks on top of these.

• The rock layers are randomly distributed with no specific order.

• The youngest rock layers will be on the bottom, with successively older rocks on top of these.

What is one method to determine the age of a fossil?

• By measuring its size

• By comparing its placement with that of fossils in other layers

• By analyzing its color

• By examining its chemical composition

What is the method used by scientists to calculate the age of a sample based on the amount of remaining radioactive isotopes it contains?

• Radiocarbon Dating

• Radioactive Dating

• Isotope Dating

• Fossil Dating

Which radioactive isotope is used to date fossils younger than 75,000 years old?

• Potassium-40

• Uranium-238

• Carbon-14

• Thorium-232

What did the experiment by Miller and Urey simulate?

• A. Earth's current atmosphere

• B. Earth's early atmosphere

• C. The atmosphere of Mars

• D. The atmosphere of Venus

What were the first organisms that functioned as cells?

• Eukaryotes

• Mitochondria

• Prokaryotes

• Chloroplasts

What are mitochondria and chloroplasts thought to have formed with other prokaryotes?

• Independent relationships

• Symbiotic/interdependent relationships

• Competitive relationships

• Parasitic relationships

What do we now call the organisms that formed from the symbiotic relationships between prokaryotes?

• Prokaryotes

• Bacteria

• Eukaryotes

• Viruses