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WorksheetsEvolution
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Evidence of evolution suggests ___________
a)
fossils
b)
common descendant
c)
common ancestor
d)
cladograms
2.
What did Linnaeus develop?
a)
Classification System
b)
Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
c)
Genetic Variation
d)
Natural Selection
3.
Where did Charles Darwin study evolution?
a)
Canary Islands
b)
Galapagos Islands
c)
Bahamas
d)
Caribbean Sea
4.
What are homologous structures?
a)
similar in function but different in structure
b)
remnants of organs that that functioned in earlier ancestors
c)
episodes of speciation
d)
similar in structure but different in function
5.
A change of tree bark color causes white and black moths to become more abundant than brown moths. What form of selection is this?
a)
Selective
b)
Disruptive
c)
Directional
d)
Stabilizing
6.
What type of evolution is associated with adaptive radiation?
a)
Punctuated Eqilibrium
b)
Coevolution
c)
Covergent
d)
Divergent
7.
True or False: Genetic Drift is a change in allele frequencies due to chance
a)
True
b)
False
8.
True or False: On a cladogram, an organism has all the characteristics in front of it.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Which is the prevailing theory of geologic change?
a)
Gradualism
b)
Huttonism
c)
Uniformitarianism
d)
Catastrophism
10.
True or False: Natural Selection acts on existing variation
a)
False
b)
True
11.
What is covergent evolution?
a)
evolution toward similar traits in unrelated species
b)
evolution toward different traits in closely related species
c)
elimination of a species from Earth
d)
the rise of two or more species from one existing species
12.
What form of selection is this?
a)
Directional
b)
Behavioral
c)
Stabilizing
d)
Disruptive
13.
Two populations of mice are separated by a large pond. What type of isolation is this?
a)
Behavioral
b)
Geographic
c)
Temporal
d)
Genetic
14.
What kind of structures are these?
a)
homologous
b)
temporal
c)
analogous
d)
vestigial
15.
What theory did Lamarck develop?
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Classification
c)
Artificial Selection
d)
Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
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