WorksheetsEvolution Practice
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How old is the Earth?
a)
4.5 million years old
b)
4.5 billions years old
c)
3.5 billion years old
d)
3.5 million years old
2.
Which scientist proved that the earth changed over time?
a)
Darwin
b)
Hutton and Lyell
c)
Malthus
d)
Urey
3.
Which of the following is NOT a proposed way life on Earth came about?
a)
space
b)
hydrothermal vents
c)
in the air
d)
inside of volcanoes
4.
Which scientist proposed the use of acquired traits and use and disuse?
a)
Darwin
b)
Lamark
c)
Malthus
d)
Hutton
5.
Change over time is
a)
evolution
b)
natural selection
c)
variation
d)
fitness
6.
Fitness is defined as
a)
adaptations to the environment
b)
the ability to survive
c)
the ability to reproduce
d)
the ability to survive and reproduce
7.
Darwin's publication is called the
a)
HMS Beagle
b)
Galapagos Islands
c)
Origin of Species
d)
Evolution and its Laws
8.
Structures that are the present (although not identical) in two different species that came from the same ancestor are called
a)
analogous structures
b)
vestigial structures
c)
vital limbs
d)
homologous structures
9.
The closest relation to humans are
a)
frogs
b)
gorillas
c)
pigs
d)
horses
10.
The oldest fossils will be found in which layers?
a)
Beach sand
b)
Top of a mountain
c)
Bottom of a canyon
d)
By waterfalls
11.
The time it takes for a radioactive substance to decay to half the original amount is called
a)
radiometric dating
b)
relative dating
c)
half-life
d)
evolution
12.
If 100g deteriorates to 25g, how many half lives have occurred?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
13.
Which of the following uses index fossils and is less accurate?
a)
relative dating
b)
radiometric dating
14.
What type of evolution is slow and occurs over a long period of time?
a)
punctuated
b)
gradualism
c)
parallel
d)
divergent
15.
The gene pool measures the amount of what in a population?
a)
genes
b)
proteins
c)
alleles
d)
traits
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