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WorksheetsEvolution Practice Quizizz
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
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1.
Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?
a)
the wings of a red-tailed hawk
b)
the hind limbs of a house cat
c)
the fins of sharks
d)
a pelvis bone in a whale
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
Which of the following would an animal breeder use to increase the number of cows that give the most milk?
a)
overproduction
b)
genetic isolation
c)
acquired characteristics
d)
artificial selection
6.
Which of the following ideas proposed by Lamarck was later found to be incorrect?
a)
acquired characteristics can be inherited
b)
all species are descended from other species
c)
living things change over time
d)
there is a relationship between an organism and its environment
7.
An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its specific environment is called a/an
a)
vestigial structure
b)
adaptation
c)
speciation
d)
analagous structure
8.
How well an organism survives and reproduces in its environment can be described as its
a)
fitness
b)
homologies
c)
common descent
d)
analogies
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.
The combined genetic information of all members of a particular population forms a
a)
gene pool
b)
niche
c)
phenotype
d)
population
11.
When two populations no longer interbreed, what is the result?
a)
genetic equilibrium
b)
reproductive isolation
c)
stabilizing selection
d)
recombinant DNA
12.
Mutations, crossing-over, genetic recombination, and random fertilization are all sources of
a)
genetic variation
b)
stabilizing selection
c)
genetic equilibrium
d)
genetic drift
13.
Natural selection acts directly on ____________, not _________________.
a)
genotypes, phenotypes
b)
chromosomes, phenotypes
c)
phenotypes, genotypes
d)
alleles, organisms
14.
two species are in different environments and look very similar. However, that are not closely related. Their resemblance is most likely an example of
a)
sexual selection
b)
temporal isolation
c)
convergent evolution
d)
divergent evolution
15.
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
16.
What type of evolution is associated with adaptive radiation?
a)
Punctuated Eqilibrium
b)
Coevolution
c)
Covergent
d)
Divergent
17.
Baby weight is humans shows what type of selection (see diagram)?
a)
Directional
b)
Behavioral
c)
Stabilizing
d)
Disruptive
18.
What kind of structures are these?
a)
homologous
b)
temporal
c)
analogous
d)
vestigial
19.
In natural selection, the driving force for selection is
a)
humans
b)
mutations
c)
selective breeders
d)
the environment
20.
A measure of how commonly a particular allele occurs in a population is known as the
a)
gene pool
b)
allele frequency
c)
mutation rate
d)
phenotype
21.
Group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
a)
species
b)
gene pool
c)
population
d)
homologous structure
22.
A chance occurrence that negatively affects a population because the population is small.
a)
genetic drift
b)
mutation
c)
speciation
d)
migration
23.
Any difference between organisms of the same species
a)
Homologous Structure
b)
Radioactive Dating
c)
Mutation
d)
Variation
24.
The preserved remains of traces of an organisms that lived in the past
a)
Adaptation
b)
Fossil
c)
Mutation
d)
Evolution
25.
When scientists use DNA to study evolution, what type of evidence for evolution is this?
a)
comparative anatomy
b)
embryology
c)
fossil record
d)
molecular
26.
Evidence of evolution that shows a common ancestry when structures are the same, but they have different functions (see diagram).
a)
vestigial structures
b)
homologous structures
c)
adaptive radiation structures
d)
analogous structures
27.
What type of genetic drift occurs when the population size is greatly decreased due a severe chance event?
a)
Founder's Effect
b)
Bottleneck Effect
c)
Speciation
d)
Adaptive Radiation
28.
In the Hardy-Weinberg Equation, q2 is the frequency of what?
a)
The recessive allele
b)
the dominant allele
c)
the recessive genotype
d)
the dominant genotype
29.
If 98 out of 200 individuals in a population express the recessive phenotype, what percent of the population would you predict would be heterozygous?
a)
70%
b)
30%
c)
42%
d)
49%
30.
In the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, what does the q represent?
a)
Frequency of the heterozygote genotype
b)
Frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype
c)
The frequency of the recessive allele
d)
The frequency of the dominant allele
31.
Which of the following is NOT a condition to meet Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?
a)
No mutations
b)
No Random Mating
c)
No natural selection
d)
No migrations
32.
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
33.
Which of the following factors WILL NOT disrupt equilibrium?
a)
natural selection
b)
mutation
c)
random mating
d)
immigration
34.
The separation of a group of individuals from the rest of the population is referred to as
a)
genetic drift
b)
natural selection
c)
geographic isolation
d)
survival of the fittest
35.
In the Hardy-Weinberg theory, p2 represents
a)
homozygous dominant individuals
b)
homozygous recessive individuals
c)
heterozygous individuals
d)
none of these
36.
Cyanobacteria were important in the origin of life on earth because they were able to undergo ________________ and produce ____________________.
a)
photosynthesis, oxygen
b)
photosynthesis, nitrogen
c)
cellular respiration, oxygen
d)
cellular respiration, ATP
37.
Looking at the diagram, what type of selection is shown?
a)
Directional
b)
Stabilizing
c)
Disruptive
d)
All of the answer choices are correct
38.
If a population is not evolving , it is in genetic equilibrium.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Hutton and Lyell's work was important to Darwin, because they explained that the Earth was millions of years old.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
What did early Earth look like?
a)
Hot due to volcanic activity
b)
Heavy bombardment from asteriods and comets
c)
Poisonous gases in the atmosphere
d)
All of the choices are correct
41.
Why didn't oceans exist 4 billion years ago?
a)
Water didn't exist
b)
It existed as gas because Earth was very hot
c)
It existed as ice because Earth was very cold
d)
It was trapped in the atmosphere as Oxygen
42.
What is the correct order of events for speciation to occur?
a)
1st geographic isolation
2nd reproductive isolation
2nd reproductive isolation
b)
1st reproductive isolation
2nd geographic isolation
2nd geographic isolation
c)
1st geographic isolation
2nd interbreeding continues
2nd interbreeding continues
d)
1st interbreeding continues
2nd coevoltion occurs
2nd coevoltion occurs
43.
This mechanisms for evolution occurs when two different species evolve adaptations in response to one another.
a)
coevolution
b)
divergent evolution
c)
convergent evolution
d)
disruptive selection
44.
In the early 2000s, White Nose fungus caused a mass die-off of native American bat species. Those bats that survived will continue the population with their own allele frequencies. What type of genetic drift is this?
a)
Founder Effect
b)
Bottlenose Effect
c)
Bottleneck Effect
d)
Migration Effect
45.
Mutations are important because they bring about
a)
death of the organism in which they develop
b)
genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
c)
benefits for the individual, not for the population
d)
Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population
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