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WorksheetsEvolution Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
The picture represents what evidence of evolution?
a)
Homologous structure
b)
Analogous structure
c)
Vestigial structure
d)
Heterozygous structure
2.
Who is credited with natural selection, the driving force of how organisms change over time?
a)
Carleus Linneus
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Charles Darwin
3.
By looking at the diagram, what can you infer using relative dating methods?
a)
Animals use to swim on land
b)
The area was once an aquatic environment before if was land.
c)
Layer G is the oldest layer
d)
Animals living at the time of layer F died because the climate was too cold.
4.
Which of the following is not evidence of evolution or common ancestry?
a)
Vestigial Structures
b)
Homologous Structures
c)
Fossil Records
d)
Mutations
5.
Which statement best describes evolution
a)
Organisms will choose beneficial traits to pass on to their offspring.
b)
Individuals will change as the environment changes.
c)
Populations will inherit small changes over long amounts of time.
d)
Organisms will change their behaviors to become better adapted to their environment.
6.
The structures shown are_____________.
a)
analogous
b)
homologous
c)
vestigial
d)
heterozygous
7.
A single bacterium divides and begins a new population. All resulting bacteria have identical DNA. This population has no
a)
Adaptations
b)
Variation
c)
Selection
d)
Overproduction
8.
Who is the most common ancestor to K and M
a)
G
b)
B
c)
E
d)
N
9.
How does a mutation cause a population to change over time?
a)
Mutations are harmful and usually end in death of an organism
b)
If a mutated trait results in a successful trait, that trait will most likely be passed on to the next generation and so on.
c)
Mutations help an organism live longer.
d)
Mutated traits usually result in a super trait that is always beneficial.
10.
The human appendix and the pelvic and femur bones in a whale are vestigial structures. How is this evidence of evolution?
a)
It provides evidence that organisms have lost traits as they have adapted to life without their use of these structures.
b)
It provides evidence that organisms have evolved similar structures that have different functions.
c)
It provides evidence that humans and apes are a common ancestor
d)
It provides evidence that the diet of humans has changed in the last 100 years.
11.
A farmer sprayed his fields with a new insecticide to rid his crops of grasshoppers. Twenty-four hours later nearly all the grasshoppers were dead. A few, however, survived. Each year he continues to spray his fields with the insecticide, but fewer and fewer of the grasshoppers die. Which of the following best explains the results?
a)
The insecticide caused a side effect of immunity that was passed on to the next generation of grasshoppers.
b)
A few grasshoppers in the first population were immune and passed this trait to their offspring.
c)
The insecticide caused a mutation in the species.
d)
The grasshoppers learned to fight off the insecticide.
12.
How does the picture above represent natural selection?
a)
The cacti with spikes has an unfavorable trait and will probably go extinct
b)
The cacti with spikes has a defence mechanism that allows it to survive and reproduce more often than those without spikes.
c)
The deer will probably just learn how to eat cacti with spikes and all cacti will go extinct
d)
Over time you can expect to see more cacti without spikes.
13.
The study of extinct life is called _____.
a)
Paleontology
b)
Embryology
c)
Biology
d)
Geology
14.
Which of the following best describes the picture shown?
a)
Genetic Drift
b)
Gene Flow
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Artificial Selection
15.
Which of the following best describes this picture?
a)
Mutations
b)
Genetic Drift
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Artificial Selection
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