WorksheetsEvolution and Natural Selection
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?
a)
individual
b)
population
c)
species
d)
fossil
2.
Which of the following is a fossil?
a)
a plant that has recently died
b)
a group of organisms that can reproduce
c)
a structure or organ that no longer functions
d)
a trace of an organisms that existed in the past
3.
What did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?
a)
different species on different islands
b)
all species on one of the islands
c)
identical species on all the islands
d)
the same species as North America
4.
Two organisms that are closely related would have
a)
very similar DNA sequence
b)
exactly the same DNA sequences
c)
no proteins in common
d)
completely different DNA sequence
5.
What is speciation?
a)
combining of tow species to form one with different traits
b)
isolation that affects mating behaviors
c)
timing of mating that prevents normal sexual selection
d)
divergence of two or more species from an existing one
6.
What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environment?
a)
variation
b)
adaption
c)
homologous structure
d)
vestigial structure
7.
Who is Charles darwin
a)
starbucks owner
b)
a bird
c)
a christian
d)
a naturalist
8.
What was Charles Darwin responsible for discovering?
a)
Football
b)
mutation
c)
evolution
d)
chinese food
9.
What is Charles Darwin's nickname?
a)
Father of evulotion
b)
Father of our country
c)
Father of evolution
d)
Fathar of evolution
10.
What book did Charles Darwin write?
a)
Diary of a wimpy kid
b)
The Origin of species
c)
The giving tree
d)
The first dictionary.
11.
The gradual development of a species into a new one to survive.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artificial Selection
12.
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
13.
When every organism of a species has died.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artificial Selection
14.
Genetic differences between organisms of the same species
a)
Variation
b)
Adaptation
c)
Behavior
d)
Environment
15.
The goal of every species on earth is...
a)
to survive and reproduce
b)
divide and conquer
c)
survive and conquer
d)
reproduce and die
16.
Characteristics of organisms. Examples: eye color, height, ear size
a)
characters
b)
trait
c)
appearance
d)
adaptation
17.
When the best adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
18.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
19.
What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?
a)
Natural selection
b)
Mutation
c)
Camouflage
d)
Adaptation
20.
Which of the following correctly states the order for the process of natural selection?
a)
1) Overproduction
2) Variation
3) Selection
4) Adaptation
2) Variation
3) Selection
4) Adaptation
b)
1) Adaptation
2) Variation
3) Selection
4) Overproduction
2) Variation
3) Selection
4) Overproduction
c)
1) Variation
2)Adaptation
3) Selection
4) Overproduction
2)Adaptation
3) Selection
4) Overproduction
d)
1) Overproduction
2) Variation
3) Adaptation
4) Selection
2) Variation
3) Adaptation
4) Selection
21.
A species can be defined as:
a)
A group of anatomically similar organisms that share a common ecosystem.
b)
A group of similar organisms that have the ability to interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
c)
A group of similar organisms once produced by the interbreeding of two different animals.
d)
A group of similar organisms that eat similar foods and share a similar habitat.
22.
According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Ray finned fish
c)
Crocodiles
d)
Birds
23.
Which two orgainsms have hair?
a)
Sharks & Ray Finned Fish
b)
Primates & Rodents
c)
Birds & Crocodiles
d)
Rabbits & Birds
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