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WorksheetsEvolution Quiz (Spring 22)
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The process by which all organisms change slowly over time because of slight gene variations is called
a)
natural selection
b)
artificial selection
c)
evolution
d)
gene pool
2.
Who observed variations in the characteristics of plants and animals on different islands of the Galapagos?
a)
James Hutton
b)
Charles Lyell
c)
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
d)
Charles Darwin
3.
In addition to observing living organisms, Darwin studied the preserved remains of ancient organisms called
a)
fossils
b)
adaptations
c)
homologies
d)
vestigial structures
4.
An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its specific environment is called (n)
a)
vestigial structure
b)
adaptation
c)
speciation
d)
analagous structure
5.
How well an organism survives and reproduces in its environment can be described as its
a)
fitness
b)
homologies
c)
common descent
d)
analogies
6.
Which of the following conditions are necessary for natural selection to occur?
a)
overproduction of offspring
b)
variation within a population
c)
struggle for existence
d)
all of the above
7.
Structures that have different mature forms but develop from the same embryonic tissue are called
a)
analagous
b)
adaptations
c)
homologous
d)
fossils
8.
Which of the following are examples of common descent involving molecular biology?
a)
homologous structures
b)
fossils
c)
analogous proteins
d)
universal genetic code in DNA
9.
Darwin's observation that finches of different species on the Galapagos have many similar physical traits supports the hypothesis that these finches
a)
have the ability to interbreed
b)
acquired traits through use and disuse
c)
all eat the same type of food
d)
descended from a common ancestor
10.
Whales are aquatic mammals that contain a pelvis bone. Even though it does not aid in its movement, the function must have been used by a common ancestor of the whale. Thus, the pelvis is referred to as a(n)
a)
vestigial structure
b)
analogous structure
c)
homologous structure
11.
Which process produced the two different types of beaks in the ground finch and the tree finch?
a)
artificial selection
b)
geographical distribution
c)
natural selection
d)
disuse of the beak
12.
Mutations that improve am individual's ability to survive and reproduce are
a)
harmful
b)
neutral
c)
beneficial
d)
chromosomal
13.
How does genetic recombination through sexual reproduction (randomness of sperm fertilizing egg) affect variation?
a)
increases it
b)
decreases it
c)
maintains it
14.
If coat color in a rabbit population is a polygenic trait, which process might have produced the graph below?
a)
disruptive selection
b)
stabilizing selection
c)
directional selection
d)
genetic equilibrium
15.
When two populations no longer interbreed, what is the result?
a)
genetic equilibrium
b)
reproductive isolation
c)
stabilizing selection
d)
recombinant DNA
16.
Mutations and the genetic recombination that occurs during sexual reproduction are both sources of
a)
genetic variation
b)
stabilizing selection
c)
genetic equilibrium
d)
genetic drift
17.
If species A and B have very similar genes and proteins, what is probably TRUE?
a)
species A and B share a relatively recent common ancestor
b)
species A evolved independently of species B for a long period
c)
species A is younger than species B
d)
species A is older than species B
18.
Natural selection acts directly on ______. However phenotypes depend on genotypes, so natural selection may affect allele frequencies in gene pool
a)
genotypes,
b)
chromosomes,
c)
phenotypes,
d)
alleles,
19.
The geographic isolation of two populations of a species tends to increase differences between their gene pools because it
a)
prevents interbreeding between the populations
b)
causes the formation of hybrids
c)
causes tmeporal isolation of the two populations
d)
increases differences in courtship behavior
20.
Favors the middle of the population.
a)
Disruptive selection
b)
Stabilizing selection
c)
Directional selection
21.
Physical geographic separation (ex. canyon or a river) of a population, leading to speciation.
a)
reproductive isolation
b)
geographic isolation
c)
speciation
d)
gene pool
22.
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
23.
An earthquake causes an ocean channel top open and separate an island into two. the species on each section are now in
a)
geographic isolation
b)
behavioral isolation
c)
disruptive isolation
d)
temporal isolation
24.
Genetic variation can arise from a random change in the DNA of a gene. The change is called a(n)
a)
mutation
b)
gene flow
c)
gene pool
d)
allele
25.
A bird that can easily outcompete other birds for food and that can produce many eggs has a high
a)
life expectancy
b)
mutation rate
c)
fitness
d)
adaptability
26.
According to Wegener, this supercontinent existed 300 million years ago?
a)
The seven continents
b)
Astrolopithegus
c)
Pangea
d)
Muridae
27.
Label the youngest to oldest fossil in order (youngest > oldest).
a)
C > A> B
b)
A > B > C
c)
C > B > A
d)
A > C > B
28.
True of False: The continents have always been where they are today
a)
True
b)
False
29.
What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?
a)
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces
b)
glacier scars and evidence from temperature
c)
mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
d)
all of the above
30.
What produced oxygen within the early stages of our atmosphere?
a)
Plants
b)
Volcanos
c)
Galactic Debris
d)
Cyanobacteria
31.
Why is Earth's atmosphere important?
a)
It is beautiful.
b)
It prevents pollution from happening.
c)
Life on Mars could not exist without it.
d)
Life on Earth could not exist without it.
32.
What was the effect of volcanoes on the Earth's early atmosphere?
a)
Volcanoes released gases to form the atmosphere
b)
Volcanoes released water vapour
c)
Volcanoes released gases and water vapour
d)
Volcanoes changed the landscape
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