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WorksheetsTomlinson Natural Selection and Adaptations
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 21mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which is NOT an example of an adaptation?
a)
A bird's beak allows it to crack open hard nuts.
b)
A zebra's stripes allow it to confuse its predators.
c)
A frog's large hind legs allow it to jump from danger.
d)
A cat sleeps on the sofa to avoid the vacuum cleaner.
2.
What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution?
a)
Lamarck
b)
Sereno
c)
Wegener
d)
Darwin
3.
Why are beneficial traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they look cooler.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
4.
Evolution means...
a)
Change over time in a population.
b)
That everything is the same.
c)
That organisms never change.
d)
Negative traits are acquired in populations.
5.
What is it called when better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to their offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artificial Selection
6.
Modern whales developed their traits through natural selection. What occurs during the process of natural selection?
a)
Breeders selectively cross organisms with desired traits.
b)
Only the fittest organisms can survive and reproduce.
c)
Organisms remain exactly the same over time.
7.
Any variation that can help a species survive in a given environment is called...
a)
an adaptation
b)
a characteristic
c)
a homologous structure
d)
a vestigial structure
8.
Some lizards have different size legs. Lizards with longer legs are able to better access food. Over time, lizards with short legs became less common.
What is the successful adaptation?
What is the successful adaptation?
a)
Short legs
b)
Long legs
c)
Access to food
d)
Leg sizes
9.
Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?
a)
individual
b)
population
c)
species
d)
fossil
10.
A population of organisms is separated into two groups for many years. When will the two populations be considered two different species?
a)
When the populations live in different habitats
b)
When the populations eat different food
c)
When the populations behave differently
d)
When the populations can no longer interbreed
11.
Fossils are usually found in
a)
igneous rock
b)
extrusions
c)
intrusions
d)
sedimentary rock
12.
Which best describes fossils?
a)
They are the preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things
b)
They are the preserved remains or evidence of ancient living and nonliving things
c)
They are the preserved bones of ancient animals
d)
They are impressions of plant leaves in ancient rocks
13.
What is a Mass Extinction?
a)
When an organism dies off from Earth
b)
When multiple species or organisms die off from Earth
c)
Human intervention
d)
When an organism reproduces
14.
What is extinction?
a)
When an organism reproduces
b)
Human Intervention
c)
When a species dies off from Earth.
d)
When multiple species or organisms die off from Earth
15.
A characteristic that improves an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
a)
Adaptation
b)
Evolution
c)
Trait
d)
Speciation
16.
A historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of the earth’s crust.
a)
Fossil Record
b)
Absolute Dating
c)
Relative Dating
d)
Generation Time
17.
The process in which a inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise.
a)
Evolution
b)
Adaptation
c)
Generation Time
d)
Trait
18.
The trace remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.
a)
Fossil
b)
Fossil Record
c)
Generation Time
d)
Extinct
19.
A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce offspring.
a)
Species
b)
Speciation
c)
Trait
d)
Fossil
20.
The period between the birth of one generation and the birth of the next generation.
a)
Generation Time
b)
Extinct
c)
Adaptation
d)
Trait
21.
A genetically determined characteristic.
a)
Trait
b)
Extinct
c)
Adaptation
d)
Evolution
22.
The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution.
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Adaptation
c)
Evolution
d)
Selective breeding
23.
The human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits.
a)
Fossil Record
b)
Selective Breeding
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Generation Time
24.
The formation of new species as a result of evolution.
a)
Speciation
b)
Adaptation
c)
Fossil
d)
Evolution
25.
any method of measuring the age of an object or event in years.
a)
Trait
b)
Generation Time
c)
Absolute Dating
d)
Relative Dating
26.
Describes a species that has died out completely.
a)
Extinct
b)
Fossil
c)
Fossil Record
d)
Generation Time
27.
Any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger than other events or objects.
a)
Speciation
b)
Relative Dating
c)
Absolute Dating
d)
Generation Time
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