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WorksheetsEvolution - Change Over Time
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
What determines how closely related two species are?
a)
how recently they shared a common ancestor
b)
how closely they live to each other
c)
the carbon outline of the organism
d)
the relative order in the fossil record
2.
Studying the relationship between organisms by comparing their structures
a)
biological evolution
b)
fossil record
c)
comparative anatomy
d)
variation
3.
Which process forms fossils?
a)
strutural
b)
variation
c)
carbonization
d)
mineralization
4.
Patterns in the fossil record show that species on Earth
a)
always stay the same
b)
adapt to all environmental change
c)
change over time
5.
Which structure is homologous to the human arm?
a)
fish's gill
b)
bird's bill
c)
insect's wing
d)
bat's wing
6.
An example of a fossil formed by mineralization is
a)
a piece of petrified wood
b)
mammoth in ice
c)
insect in amber
d)
carbon outline of a fern
7.
Homologous body parts do NOT always have similar
a)
structures
b)
locations
c)
functions
8.
Which situation offers evidence of extinction?
a)
presence of identical fossils throughout the fossil record
b)
disappearance of a type of fossil in the fossil record
c)
appearance of a new species in the fossil record
d)
appearance of several fossils with similar body plans
9.
The sudden disappearance of a type of fossil in the fossil record is evidence of
a)
embryology
b)
extinction
c)
comparative anatomy
10.
What was the name of the ship on which Darwin traveled?
a)
Nimitz
b)
Retriever
c)
Beagle
11.
Studying relationships between organisms by comparing their embryos
a)
adaptation
b)
variation
c)
embryology
12.
Studying relationships between organisms by comparing their genes and proteins
a)
comparative anatomy
b)
evolution
c)
molecular biology
13.
Overproduction, variation, survival, and inheritance are the four parts of
a)
evolution
b)
molecular biology
c)
natural selection
14.
The two ways scientists can find the age of a fossil are relative dating and
a)
natural selection
b)
embryology
c)
absolute dating
15.
What type of organism leaves a carbon fossil behind?
a)
plant
b)
sea creature
16.
This type of fossil leaves a 3-D impression of an organism behind
a)
cast fossil
b)
trace fossil
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