WorksheetsBiology Unit 9 Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When the supercontinent____ separated, species slowly became ___ ___.
a)
Pangea, geographically distributed
b)
Pangea, clone species
c)
Pannonia, clone species
d)
Rodinia, geographically distributed
2.
Fossils form in ____ rock.
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Slate
3.
What observation is observed in the picture of ladybugs?
a)
environment resources are limited
b)
populations remain stable over time
c)
species produce more offspring than can survive
d)
individuals within a population may vary widely
4.
What is the best explanation on the relationship between natural selection and evolution?
a)
Natural selection results from evolution.
b)
Natural selection includes evolution as a part of it.
c)
Natural selection is one theory of evolution.
d)
Natural selection and evolution are the same thing.
5.
Viceroy butterflies look like Monarch butterflies. What adaptation is the Viceroy butterfly expressing, and why is it helpful?
a)
Mimicry, more likely to be eaten by birds
b)
Mimicry, less likely to be eaten by birds
c)
Camouflage, more likely to mate with monarchs
d)
Camouflage, more likely to eat milkweed
6.
What adaptation is expressed when an animal can hide from predators?
a)
the long neck of a giraffe
b)
an elephant's long trunk
c)
migration of Canada geese in winter
d)
camouflage in a lizard
7.
What are some environmental factors that could affect natural selection?
a)
Increase of the human population
b)
Increase of Earth’s temperature
c)
Pollution
d)
All other answers
8.
An insecticide was used to target a specific insect. After years of use, the target insects are resistant to the usual dose. How did this occur?
a)
Insecticides don't really work.
b)
Some os the insect population were already resistant, survived, and reproduced.
c)
Eating the insecticide caused the insects to adapt.
d)
The insecticide only killed those insects that were resistant.
9.
What is an explanation of spontaneous generation?
a)
Life from Life
b)
NonLife from Life
c)
Life from NonLife
d)
NonLife from Flies
10.
What is an explanation of biogenesis?
a)
Life from NonLife
b)
Life from Life
c)
NonLife from Life
d)
NonLife from Chicks
11.
What evidence gave support to the theory of biogenesis?
a)
Microorganisms grew in Louis Pasteur's swan-necked flask.
b)
Microorganisms did not grow in Louis Pasteur's swan-necked flask.
c)
Microorganisms grew in all of Louis Pasteur's flasks.
d)
Who is Louis Pasteur???
12.
What evidence supports the theory that a meteorite eventually caused the dinosaur extinction?
a)
Skin cells of Dinosaurs
b)
DNA of Dinosaurs
c)
Pictures of Dinosaurs
d)
KT Boundary
13.
What kinds of categories provide evidence for evolution?
a)
Fossil Record
b)
Comparative Anatomy
c)
Comparative Biochemistry
d)
All other answers
14.
How do vestigial structures provide support for evolution?
a)
These structures have improved to be necessary.
b)
These structures have improved to be unnecessary.
c)
These structures have declined but are still necessary.
d)
These structures have declined and are unnecessary.
15.
How do homologous and analogous structures provide support for the theory of evolution?
a)
Show current structures similar in structure or function.
b)
Show current structures are not similar in structure or function.
c)
Show that there are no similar structures.
d)
Show that there are no similar functions.
16.
How does the fossil record provide support for the theory of evolution?
a)
Shows similarities of ancient and current species.
b)
Shows how species have changed over time.
c)
Shows ancestry information.
d)
All other answers.
17.
What evidence supported and led to the proposal of the endosymbiont theory?
a)
Mitochondria and chloroplasts are insignificant organelles.
b)
Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain their own DNA.
c)
Mitochondria and chloroplasts are only found in animals.
d)
Mitochondria and Chloroplasts??? Never heard of them.
18.
How does the Law of Superposition help paleontologists?
a)
Oldest fossils on top.
b)
Oldest fossils in the middle.
c)
Oldest fossils on the bottom.
d)
Dr. Penny?????
19.
How is comparative biochemistry evidence for evolution?
a)
The higher the percentage of similar DNA nucleotides (nitrogen base sequences) the more closely related the species are.
b)
The higher the percentage of similar amino acid sequences the more closely related the species are.
c)
The higher the percentage of similar proteins the more closely related the species are.
d)
All other answers.
20.
Populations such as the tiger that have almost identical DNA in each individual (a lack of variation) are more likely to become extinct because
a)
all individuals look exactly alike, they cannot find their mates.
b)
they are infertile.
c)
resistance to disease is the same for all individuals, one disease could kill them all.
d)
There are hundreds of thousands of tigers running around, they won't become extinct.
21.
If the reproductive rate of the Emperor Penguin decreased each year, what would eventually happen to the population?
a)
Increase exponentially
b)
No change
c)
Hit carrying capacity
d)
Extinction
22.
What is an explanation of the Theory of Natural Selection?
a)
Survival of the Fittest
b)
Evolution
c)
Organism adapting
d)
Life from non life
23.
Which of these explains why there is such a variation in beak sizes among the population of finches in the Galapagos Islands?
a)
The difficult environment caused the birds to exercise their beaks which made them bigger.
b)
Droughts adapted the individual birds.
c)
Floods adapted the individual birds.
d)
Different adaptations gave certain birds a better chance at survival than others.
24.
What would happen to the dark peppered moth population if all of the factories were closed the color of all tree trunks would lighten?
a)
peppered moth population will reproduce more rapidly
b)
peppered moth population would decrease
c)
peppered moth population would increase
d)
peppered moth population would not be affected
25.
Scientists observed that the average size of minnows in a pond increased over a few years after the introduction of a species of fish that preys on the smallest minnows. Which of the following best explains the change in minnow size?
a)
Dehydration
b)
Synthesis
c)
Inbreeding
d)
Natural selection
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