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WorksheetsNatural Selection and Evolution
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the death of every member of a species called?
a)
Evolution
b)
Extinction
c)
Embryology
d)
Fossil
2.
The history of life in the geological past indicated by the traces or remains of living things is called...
a)
Embryology
b)
Fossil
c)
Punctuated Equilibrium
d)
Fossil Record
3.
The trace remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock
a)
Genes
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Fossil
d)
Evolution
4.
The process by which changes in plants and animals happen over time is called...
a)
Evolution
b)
Adaptation
c)
Embryology
d)
Homologous Structures
5.
A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment is called a mutation.
a)
False; it is called embryology
b)
False; it is called variation
c)
True
d)
False; it is called an adaptation
6.
A group of closely related organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring
a)
Species
b)
Variation
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Homologous Structures
7.
The human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits is called...
a)
Artificial Selection
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Genes
d)
Variation
8.
A random change in the sequence of a gene or DNA molecule that creates a change in the organism
a)
Genes
b)
Mutation
c)
Adaptation
d)
Punctuated Equilibrium
9.
Body parts that are structurally similar that related species have inherited from a common ancestor is called...
a)
Embryology
b)
Evolution
c)
Adaptations
d)
Homologous Structure
10.
The theory that new species evolve suddenly over relatively short periods of time followed by longer periods in which little genetic change occurs
a)
Genes
b)
Extinction
c)
Punctuated Equilibrium
d)
Fossil
11.
The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than others
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Artificial Selection
c)
Punctuated Equilibrium
d)
Variation
12.
The study of formation and development before birth is called...
a)
Genes
b)
Artificial Selection
c)
Embryology
d)
Fossil
13.
Differences between the members of the same species
a)
Variation
b)
Adaptation
c)
Evolution
d)
Genes
14.
A segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait
a)
Fossil Record
b)
Extinction
c)
Mutation
d)
Genes
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