WorksheetsEvolution Scientists & Fossils
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the process of biological change in organisms over time?
a)
Fossils
b)
Evolution
c)
Adaptation
d)
Species
2.
What geologic theory describes natural disasters that may cause extinctions and changes to landforms?
a)
Gradualism
b)
Uniformitarianism
c)
Catastrophism
d)
Evolution
3.
How can you determine the age of a fossil?
a)
Examining the rings found inside
b)
Radiometric dating
c)
You can't determine fossil age
d)
Traveling back in time to when the organism existed
4.
Morphology is the study of
a)
Fossils
b)
Evolution
c)
Physical characteristics
d)
Genetic characteristics
5.
Who created a classification system based on similarities between organisms?
a)
Linnaeus
b)
Buffon
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Lamarck
6.
What is the geologic theory represented by "the present is the key to the past"?
a)
Catastrophism
b)
Uniformitarianism
c)
Gradualism
d)
There is no key to the past
7.
Giraffes evolve by stretching their necks to reach higher leaves.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The rapid evolution of a species over a short period of time, then remaining the same for longer time periods is the process of
a)
Gradualism
b)
Catastrophism
c)
Punctuated equilibrium
9.
Fossils are traces or remains of organisms that lived in the past.
a)
False
b)
True
10.
Bill Nye the Science Guy said that humans have changed the environment, faster than most living things can keep up.
a)
True
b)
False
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