WorksheetsChapter 19.2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
On the geologic time scale, eras are divided in to
a)
Epochs
b)
Periods
c)
Indexes
d)
Relative dates
2.
The amount of time for half of a radioactive material to decay is known as
a)
Radiometric Dating
b)
Carbon Dating
c)
Half-Life
d)
Decay Rate
3.
Vultures and buzzards having featherless heads is an example of which type of evolution?
a)
Divergent
b)
Coevolution
c)
Convergent
d)
Artificial
4.
Sharks and dolphins both have streamlined bodies that allow them to move through water efficiently, this is an example of which type of evolution?
a)
Divergent
b)
Coevolution
c)
Convergent
d)
Artificial
5.
What type of evolution is demonstrated in this photo?
a)
Coevolution
b)
Convergent evolution
c)
Punctuated evolution
d)
Gradualistic evolution
6.
#12. Two or more species evolve together
a)
convergent evolution
b)
coevolution
c)
punctuated equilibrium
d)
adaptive radiation
7.
#8. Unrelated organisms come to resemble one another
a)
convergent evolution
b)
coevolution
c)
punctuated equilibrium
d)
adaptive radiation
8.
#7. Describes a patter of long, stable periods interrupted by brief periods of more rapid change
a)
convergent evolution
b)
coevolution
c)
punctuated equilibrium
d)
adaptive radiation
9.
#6. the evolution of an ancestral species into an array of species that occupy different niches
a)
convergent evolution
b)
coevolution
c)
speciation
d)
adaptive radiation
10.
#16a. Using the diagram, by relative dating, which fossil could you hypothesize to be the oldest?
a)
Gastropod
b)
Trilobite
c)
Crinoid
11.
14 different species of finches came from a single species from South America. This is called
a)
Coevolution
b)
Adaptive Radiation
c)
Convergent Evolution
d)
Divergent Evolution
12.
The Prickly Pear cactus and the iguana have shaped each other. This is called ____
a)
convergent evolution
b)
adaptive radiation
c)
coevolution
d)
adaptation
13.
What type of rock do fossils form in?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Classic
14.
Why is the fossil record incomplete?
a)
fossils get eroded away over time
b)
scavengers and decomposers eat them too quickly
c)
most organisms never became fossils
d)
All of theses
15.
The lava released by a volcanic eruption separates two populations of a species of monkey. What does this represent?
a)
biological isolation
b)
geographical isolation
c)
temporal isolation
d)
anatomical isolation
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