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WorksheetsEvolution Practice Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environment?
a)
Variation
b)
Adaptation
c)
Homologous Structures
d)
Vestigial Structure
2.
All the individuals of a species that live in a particular area are called a
a)
Variation
b)
Fossil
c)
Population
d)
Group
3.
The evolution of dogs from wolves is due to:
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Sexual Selection
c)
Artificial Selection
d)
Vestigial Structures
4.
Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce
a)
Fewer Mutations
b)
More Offspring
c)
Stronger Genes
d)
Better Traits
5.
Which of the five factors that can lead to evolution would operate on a change in body color that enabled animals to better hide from predators?
a)
Genetic Drift
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Sexual Selection
d)
Gene Flow
6.
The first part of the explanation of the Theory of Evolution states that every organisms shows
a)
The same traits
b)
Colors
c)
Variation
d)
None of these are correct
7.
A species of organsism has survived in a mild environment for thousands of years. Suddenly, the climate becomes much colder.
Which of the following traits might help the species survive?
Which of the following traits might help the species survive?
a)
Thick fur
b)
Large Limbs
c)
Thin fur
d)
Hightenes Senses
8.
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
9.
In natural selection, the selective agent is the
a)
humans
b)
mutations
c)
breeders
d)
environment
10.
What is suggested by the similarity of early embryos of different species of vertebrates?
a)
no evolutionary relationships between the groups
b)
recent common ancestry
c)
similar environments in the past
d)
evolution from a distant common ancestor
11.
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
12.
The disappearance of a species.
a)
Evolution
b)
Extinction
c)
Migration
d)
Mutation
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