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WorksheetsChapter 14-17 history of life
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
To gain an advantage, one species changes to resemble another species.
a)
camoflauge
b)
mimicry
c)
specialization
2.
process of breeding things with specific traits to produce offspring with the same traits
a)
natural selection
b)
artificial selection
c)
isolation
3.
idea that living things come only from other living things - Pasteur and Redi proved this
a)
spontaneous generation
b)
biogenesis
4.
mistaken idea that life can arise from nonliving materials
a)
biogenesis
b)
spontaneous generation
5.
physical evidence of an organism that lived long ago
a)
petrification
b)
fossil
6.
occurs whenever a physical barrier divides a population
a)
genetic
b)
geographic
7.
adaptation so an organism can blend in with the environment
a)
mimicry
b)
camoflauge
8.
a structure in a present day organism that no longer serves a purpose
a)
homologous
b)
vestigial
9.
using two names to classify organisms
a)
bicentennial naming
b)
binomial nomenclature
10.
person who first hypothesized about natural selection after voyage to South America
a)
louis pasteur
b)
charles darwin
11.
person who first classified all things into PLANT or ANIMAL
a)
charles darwin
b)
aristotle
12.
the discipline of Biology that classifies organisms and names them
a)
taxonomy
b)
binomial nomenclature
13.
when traits change over time
a)
artificial selection
b)
natural selection
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