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WorksheetsChapter 10 Test Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environment?
a)
adaptation
b)
homologous structure
c)
vestigial structure
2.
All the individuals of a species that live in a particular area are called a...
a)
fossil
b)
population
c)
group
3.
The remnant of an organ that had a function in an early ancestor is known as a(n)
a)
vestigial structure
b)
analogous structure
c)
homologous structure
4.
What observations did Charles Darwin make about finches in the Galapagos Islands?
a)
the same species of finches lived on all the islands
b)
different species of finches lived on different islands
c)
identical species of finches lived in South America
5.
Which scientist developed a classification system for organisms?
a)
Carolus Linnaeus
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
6.
The tortoise from Abingdon Island, show in figure 10.1, would likely be better adapted than the Albermarle Island tortoise to which of the following environments?
a)
areas with short plants and mosses
b)
areas with no plants and sand dunes
c)
areas with lots of taller plants
7.
Which theory states that floods and earthquakes have occurred often in Earth's history?
a)
natural selection
b)
catastrophism
c)
artificial selection
8.
The hind leg bones shown in the whale in Figure 10.2 are examples of
a)
homologous structures
b)
fossil structures
c)
vestigial strctures
9.
Charles Darwin found fossils that looked like ancient versions of living species. From this evidence Darwin suggested that Earth was...
a)
much more than 6000 years old
b)
less than 6000 years old
c)
about 1000 years old
10.
What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?
a)
natural selection
b)
artificial selection
c)
descent with modification
11.
Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce...
a)
more offspring
b)
stronger genes
c)
better traits
12.
Natural selection results in change overtime by acting on traits that are...
a)
heritable
b)
new
c)
mutated
13.
What is the study of the distribution of organisms around the world?
a)
paleontology
b)
geology
c)
biogeography
14.
Fossil evidence shows that structures considered vestigial in living organisms...
a)
are not found in ancient organisms
b)
were useful to their ancestors
c)
do not fill gaps in the fossil record
15.
Which theory ties the fields of biology and geology together?
a)
evolution
b)
catastrophism
c)
gradualism
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