Evolution Pretest

An organisms with the “best” traits (adaptations) will live longer and

reproduce more than others, causing changes in the population over time by acting on traits that are heritable

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Fitness

• Variation

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Lamarck's theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics has been supported by modern genetics.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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What is the study of prehistoric life through the fossil record?

• Embryology

• Paleontology

• Morphology

• Biogeography

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Fossils of the same plants and animals are found on continents that are on different sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Which of these statements does this observation support?

• These animals and plants crossed the Atlantic Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean was once a large body of freshwater

• The continents that are now on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean once formed a single landmass.

• The continents that are now on opposites sides of the Atlantic Ocean have the same kinds of animals and plants today.

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Fossils can be used to determine the relative ages of rock layers. Where will fossils of a more recent organism be located in undisturbed rock layers?

• the deepest layer

• always above the ground

• above rock containing fossils of older organisms

• below rock containing fossils of older organisms

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This scientist developed the theory of evolution as he studied the finches.

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Marie Curie

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Because they come from dominant alleles.

• Because they come from recessive alleles.

• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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Drawn observed several different types of finches.  Why are there so many different types?

• Finches live in different places, but eat the same food.

• Finches live in the same place, but eat different types of food.

• Finches live in different habitats and eat different types of food.

• Finches are found all over the world.

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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.

• variations.

• traits.

• theories.

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Organisms with the most beneficial traits will survive.  This is commonly known as

• theory of evolution.

• variations.

• survival of the fittest.

• ecosystems.

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