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Evolution & Genetics Test Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___________ is an adjustment to environmental conditions.

a)

Adaptation

b)

Evolution

2.

Species acquire characteristics through ...

a)

Homeostasis

b)

Variation

3.

Similar embryological development indicates ...

a)

adaptation of interiors

b)

common ancestry

4.

What type of structure is shown as evidence for adaptation?

a)

Homologous Structures

b)

Analogous Structures

5.

Equivalent adaptations developed independently are_______ structures.

a)

Homologous

b)

Heterogeneous

c)

Analogous

6.

Extinction will most likely NOT occur in the following example?

a)

the organism that is smaller and smarter than others

b)

the organism that is able to survive and reproduce more than others

7.

Genetic diversity among members of a species is known as ...

a)

variation

b)

law of evolution

c)

adaptation

8.

Which hypothesis best explains marine fossils found in a desert?

a)

the area was once covered with water

b)

a catastrophe once occurred in the area

9.

You can best conclude that if fossils of warm-weather plants found on an island in the Arctic Ocean then ...

a)

ocean currents carried the plants to the island

b)

the island drifted from a tropical region to the present location

10.

The statement that supports the theory of evolution is ...

a)

matter cannot be created or destroyed during chemical reactions

b)

fossils provide evidence that vertebrates share a common ancestry

11.

The evidence that supports the hypothesis that dolphins and whales evolved from a common ancestor is ...

a)

they lived in the same area in the ocean

b)

they have similar anatomies

12.

______ would best allow a species to survive environmental change.

a)

similar physical features

b)

genetic diversity

13.

______ is the most famous for proposing evolution through natural selection.

a)

Mendeleev

b)

Darwin

14.

The appearance of a new organism is explained by ...

a)

Theory of Evolution

b)

Theory of Generation

c)

Law of Appearances

15.

New beneficial variations occur through ...

a)

Inception

b)

Mutation

c)

Variation

16.

A species is defined as ...

a)

a community of diverse species

b)

a group of individuals that breed among themselves

17.

A population of plants consisted of 2 varieties of which one disappears over time. This process is likely to be ...

a)

genetic drift

b)

natural selection

18.

Taxonomy is useful EXCEPT for ...

a)

communicating about organisms

b)

selling organisms

19.

In the case of the Tibetan Blackbird (Turdus maximus), Turdus is the ...

a)

Genus

b)

Family

c)

Class

d)

Group

20.

When a new species comes into existence from existing species, the process is called ...

a)

Speciation

b)

evolution

21.

Fossils are most likely found in _____ rock.

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

22.

Energy is capture by the sun in the following ways EXCEPT ...

a)

wind turbines

b)

reflectors

23.

An example of a biotic factor is ...

a)

water

b)

grass

c)

dirt

24.

Chemosynthetic bacteria live on the bottom of the ocean at the ...

a)

hydrothermal vents

b)

abyssal plain

25.

Phase change from gas to liquid is ...

a)

condensation

b)

sublimation