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WorksheetsEvolution Review - time, examples and evidence
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is the 3rd step in fossil formation?
a)
Organism dies.
b)
Organism is buried by sediments.
c)
Minerals replace organism bones.
2.
Which of the following is defined as determining the relative order of past events, without necessarily determining the exact age?
a)
relative dating
b)
absolute dating
3.
Does relative dating use nearby layers and fossils relative to each other to find the relative age of new items?
a)
yes
b)
no
4.
In what type of rocks are fossils found?
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
5.
Which of the following determines a specific date for a fossil using chemical information?
a)
absolute dating
b)
relative dating
6.
Which process uses radiometric dating to determine an exact age of a fossil?
a)
absolute dating
b)
relative dating
7.
Which of the following is a method used to determine the age of rocks using the rate of decay of radioactive isotopes?
a)
Principle of superposition
b)
Radiometric dating
c)
Relative dating
d)
Principle of cross-cutting relations
8.
Which definition is the best to describe evolution?
a)
Change over time
b)
Descent with modification
9.
Which of the following is a proven fact by scientists that may be altered with new information?
a)
prediction
b)
hypothesis
c)
scientific theory
d)
law
10.
What mechanism did Darwin propose for evolution?
a)
natural selection
b)
fossil record
c)
use it or lose it
d)
biochemistry
11.
Which of the following is an examples of evolution?
a)
comparative biochemistry
b)
fossil record
c)
camouflage adapation
d)
comparative anatomy
12.
Identify these 4 - fossil record, comparative embryology, comparative biochemistry and comparative anatomy.
a)
Examples of Evolution
b)
Evidence of Evolution
c)
Mechanisms of Evolution
13.
Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with aged and identified fossils?
a)
fossil record
b)
comparative embryology
c)
comparative biochemistry
d)
comparative anatomy
14.
Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with similar molecules in related individual species?
a)
fossil record
b)
comparative embryology
c)
comparative biochemistry
d)
comparative anatomy
15.
Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with comparing similar structures in various species?
a)
fossil record
b)
comparative embryology
c)
comparative biochemistry
d)
comparative anatomy
16.
Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with structures common in embryos that form differently or for different purposes in adult form?
a)
fossil record
b)
comparative embryology
c)
comparative biochemistry
d)
comparative anatomy
17.
Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence contain both homologous and vestigial structures?
a)
fossil record
b)
comparative embryology
c)
comparative biochemistry
d)
comparative anatomy
18.
Which word is defined as the same structure in different species indicating a common ancestor?
a)
homologous structures
b)
vestigial structures
19.
Which word is defined as a reduced form of a functional structure in 1 organisms that shows up as fully functional in another?
a)
homologous structures
b)
vestigial structures
20.
The forelimbs of penguin, alligator, bat, human are which of the following?
a)
homologous structures
b)
vestigial structures
21.
A pelvis in whales is which of the following?
a)
homologous structures
b)
vestigial structures
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