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WorksheetsDarwin, Evolution, and Populations
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What profession did Charles Darwin NOT try?
a)
doctor
b)
lawyer
c)
minister
d)
naturalist
2.
Darwin's book was called On the Origin of
a)
individuals
b)
natural selection
c)
species
d)
evolution
3.
How many years did Darwin wait to publish his book reveling his evidence of evolution?
a)
he wrote the book on the ship and published immediately upon return
b)
2 years
c)
23 years
d)
50 years
4.
Which of the following is NOT evidence of evolution?
a)
homologous structures
b)
gravity
c)
vestigial structures
d)
intermediate fossils
5.
What factor must be in place for natural selection to occur?
a)
struggle for existence (overproduction)
b)
genetically identical individuals
c)
random mating
d)
no immigration or emigration
6.
In natural selection, which individuals will increase in a population over time?
a)
less fit
b)
more fit
c)
deleterious
7.
Which DNA/protein change WILL NOT cause a change in the allele frequency of a population?
a)
missense mutation
b)
nonsense mutation
c)
silent mutation
d)
frameshift mutation
8.
Which diagram can be used to identify a common ancestor of modern organisms?
a)
genetic code
b)
cladogram
c)
punnett square
d)
periodic table
9.
What does "2pq" represent in the Hardy-Weinberg equation?
a)
frequency of dominant alleles
b)
frequency of homozygous dominant genotypes
c)
frequency of heterozygous genotypes
d)
frequency of homozygous recessive genotypes
10.
What does "q" represent in the Hardy-Weinberg Equation?
a)
frequency of dominant alleles
b)
frequency of recessive alleles
c)
frequency of homozygous dominant genotype
d)
frequency of homozygous recessive genotyp
11.
Which of the following factors WILL NOT disrupt equilibrium?
a)
natural selection
b)
mutation
c)
random mating
d)
immigration
12.
Which taxonomic group contains all others?
a)
kingdom
b)
phylum
c)
class
d)
order
13.
What is one rule for scientifically naming an organism?
a)
genus is lower case
b)
boldface genus
c)
species is lower case
d)
species is capitalized
14.
Which kingdom contains multicellular organisms that are autotrophic?
a)
Eubacteria
b)
Fungi
c)
Plantae
d)
Animalia
15.
Which structure is homologous between crayfish and humans?
a)
external skeleton
b)
ten appendages
c)
jointed appendages
d)
gills
16.
Which structure is NOT homologous between bullfrogs and humans?
a)
lungs
b)
hair or fur
c)
jointed appendages
d)
kidneys
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