Evolution Practice Test

_________ is the process of change by which species of organism change over time.

• Nucleotides

• Evolution

• Mutation

• Carbon

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Birds are eating all the green beetles. Because the brown beetles are surviving they reproduce more and make more brown beetles. This is called ___________

• Artificial Selection

• The Theory on the Origin of Species

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

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Darwin wrote that the organisms best suited to their environments will .....

• Increase in Number

• Go Extinct

• Mutate More often

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Which trait did Darwin pay most attention to about the finches in the galapagos islands?

• Their Feathers

• Their Horns

• Their Size

• Their Beak Shape

Why were the beaks on Darwin's finches so Important?

• They showed the finches always existed as Darwin found them.

• They showed that the finches could mutate their beaks whenever they want.

• They showed variability in the finches species. All finches were equally adaptable to all islands.

• They show that the finches adapted to their environments. Their beak shape matched the food available on each island.

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4. When the industrial revolution started, the trees have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• White Moth

• Dark Moth

• Both are Equally Successful in this Environment

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Why could the same species of moth be two different colors?

• Their color was based on their DNA. Sometimes a mutation would cause the moth to be born with a different color.

• Their color was caused by the environment. The soot from the factories would fuse with the moth's skin.

• Bacteria inside the moth's stomach would sometimes give the moth stomach the ability of the moth to have "active camouflouge." This allowed the moths to change their color at will.

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If scientists find fossils of a type of mosquito on the bottom layer and find fossils of beetles towards the top layer, what can scientists infer?

• Mosquitos ate the beetles

• Mosquitos are older fossils than beetles

• Beetles are older fossils than mosquitos

• Both mosquitos and Beetles must have lived at the same time.

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When scientists compare fossils to see about old they are in a certian environment, this is called ____________

• Comparing

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Comparative Dating

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Darwin's ship was called ________

• HMS Bugle

• HMS Beetle

• HMS Asparagus

• HMS Beagle