Biology Quiz

Who wrote “On the Origin of the Species” introducing the concept of natural selection?

• RS Edelston

• Dr. Henry Kettlewell

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Darwin

Populations have ________.

Some variations are ________.

More ________ are produced than will survive.

Those that ________ have the favorable trait.

Over time, ________ change.

A scientist studying caterpillars notices that some are green and some are brown. Which principle of natural selection does this evidence best support?

• Populations have variations.

• Populations change over time.

• Those that survive have the favorable trait.

• Some variations are favorable.

What happened to the trees around cities in England that affected the peppered moth population?

• The trees were cut down because of the Industrial Revolution.

• The trees were blackened by coal smoke.

• The trees grew lighter because of acid rain.

• The trees died because of coal smoke.

The black peppered moth population in England decreased and the light peppered moth population increased during the Industrial Revolution.

• True

• False