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WorksheetsEvolution
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 12hrs 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
_______ is the method scientists use to determine the actual age of a fossil.
a)
Absolute/Radiometric
b)
Relative
2.
__________ is the method scientists use to determine whether one fossil is older than another fossil
a)
Absolute/radiometric Dating
b)
Relative Dating
3.
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
a)
increase in number
b)
become extinct
4.
Evolution occurs in a _____________.
a)
single organism
b)
whole population
5.
Two populations of the Maumoo salamander are separated by the South River in Waynesboro, Va. Because of this, the populations cannot interbreed. This is an example of .......
a)
Behavioral isolation
b)
Natural selection
c)
Artificial selection
d)
Geographic isolation
6.
_____________________ is a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
a)
A population
b)
A species
7.
__________________ is a group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time and compete for resources.
a)
A population
b)
A species
8.
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
9.
Which statement best describes the process of evolution?
a)
Populations can survive in different locations on earth
b)
Environmental conditions limit the number of species on Earth
c)
Populations grow when resources are abundant
d)
Common traits of a species can change over time
10.
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
11.
Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures. These are known as
a)
vestigial structures
b)
analogous structures
c)
homologous structures
d)
fossil structures
12.
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
13.
According to this cladogram, birds are LEAST related to:
a)
Amphibians
b)
Sharks
c)
Ray Finned Fish
d)
Crocodiles
14.
Why don't all living things become fossils?
a)
because some living things are too small
b)
because some living things are too big
c)
because some are subject to catastrophism and others are not
d)
because environmental conditions have to be just right to prevent decay
15.
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
16.
Structures that no longer serve a purpose are
a)
Homologous structures
b)
Analogous structures
c)
Adaptations
d)
Vestigial structures
17.
Study of embryos of various organisms
a)
natural selection
b)
embryology
c)
speciation
d)
evolution
18.
Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?
a)
Evolution
b)
Variation
c)
Adaptation
d)
Natural Selection
19.
Which species’ DNA is most similar to the DNA of the toothed whale?
a)
Hippopotamus
b)
Baleen Whale
c)
Grazing Mammals
d)
Camels
20.
What information does the image tell us about evolution?
a)
They do not have a common ancestor.
b)
They have a common ancestor.
c)
The porpoise evolved from a bat.
d)
The organisms evolved through punctuated equilibrium.
21.
According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Ray finned fish
c)
Crocodiles
d)
Birds
22.
Cladograms are constructed by grouping organisms together based on their____________ characteristics.
a)
shared
b)
different
c)
similar
d)
opposite
23.
Which two orgainsms have hair?
a)
Sharks & Ray Finned Fish
b)
Primates & Rodents
c)
Birds & Crocodiles
d)
Rabbits & Birds
24.
A table of arachnid and insect characteristics is shown. Which characteristic could be used to distinguish between
arachnids and insects?
arachnids and insects?
a)
Jointed legs
b)
Body segments
c)
Presence of eyes
d)
Presence of antennae
25.
Relative Dating or Absolute Dating: Bob is older than Jillian.
a)
Relative Dating
b)
Absolute Dating
26.
Use the diagram & scale of 1 being the oldest rock layer and 5 the youngest rock layer to identify where Rock Layer E.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
5
27.
Use the diagram & scale of 1 being the oldest rock layer and 5 the youngest rock layer to identify where Rock Layer C.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
28.
What method of dating only tells if an object is older or younger than other events or objects?
a)
Relative Dating
b)
Absolute Dating
29.
An archaeologist made the following diagram of a dig site. What can be said about the pottery as compared to the skull found in the site?
a)
The rock layer with the pottery is more recent than the rock layer with the skull.
b)
The rock layer with the skull is more recent than the rock layer with the pottery.
c)
The rock layer with the skull is approximately the same age as the rock layer with the pottery.
d)
The rock layer with the skull has an absolute date of 17,000 years.
30.
The diagram shows a cross section of rocks beside a highway. Which rock type is the oldest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
31.
Index fossils CAN tell us the age of a rock layer.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
The forelimbs of penguin, alligator, bat, human are which of the following?
a)
homologous structures
b)
vestigial structures
33.
If an organism has a vestigial structure, that structure likely once had a function in a(n)
a)
close relative
b)
early ancestor
c)
unrelated organism
d)
embryological stage
34.
How would you describe this evolution?
a)
Homologous structure
b)
Analogous structure
c)
Structural adaption
d)
Functional adaption
35.
Which best describes these fossils?
a)
The oldest fossils can be found on the lower layers
b)
The oldest fossils can be found at the top layers
c)
The youngest fossils are always found on the bottom layers
d)
You can not tell the age of any of these fossils
36.
A fossil of an extinct dinosaur is found and the anatomy of the fossil shows similarities to that of a bird. What could this mean?
a)
This is purely by chance and isn't significant
b)
The extinct dinosaur and modern bird share a common ancestor
c)
All dinosaurs evolved into birds and that's why there aren't any dinosaurs alive today
d)
Dinosaurs choose to fly, and evolved into birds to escape predation and capture food
37.
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
38.
The process by which populations slowly change over time is called
a)
selective breeding
b)
adaptation
c)
speciation
d)
evolution
39.
The hind leg bones in a whale are examples of
a)
homologous structures
b)
analogous structures
c)
fossils
d)
vestigal structures
40.
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
41.
Which species’ DNA is most similar to the DNA of the toothed whale?
a)
Hippopotamus
b)
Baleen Whale
c)
Grazing Mammals
d)
Camels
42.
What are index fossils
a)
The end of a book
b)
Organisms that are widely distributed, but live for a short period of time
c)
The person next to me
d)
A book
43.
Can there be a fish fossil on a desert mountain and why
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Yes because the climate could have changed overtime
d)
No because the earth always stays the same
44.
Fossils are usually found in
a)
igneous rock
b)
extrusions
c)
intrusions
d)
sedimentary rock
45.
Which layer is oldest?
a)
A
b)
W
c)
G
d)
Z
46.
Why are advantageous 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.
47.
"Survival of the Fittest" describes which theory
a)
a) natural selection
b)
b) gravity
c)
c) heredity
d)
d) string theory
48.
A female salmon lays 2500 eggs. Not all those eggs will _____________ to become adults.
a)
hatch
b)
survive
c)
eat enough
d)
spongebob
49.
Organisms within a species ______________ for food, water, space and mates.
a)
look
b)
compete
c)
locate
d)
leave an area
50.
Organisms that survive will pass their ______________ onto their offspring
a)
diseases
b)
traits
c)
knowledge
d)
kit kats
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