WorksheetsEvolution & Genetics Test Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
___________ is an adjustment to environmental conditions.
Adaptation
Evolution
Species acquire characteristics through ...
Homeostasis
Variation
Similar embryological development indicates ...
adaptation of interiors
common ancestry
What type of structure is shown as evidence for adaptation?
Homologous Structures
Analogous Structures
Equivalent adaptations developed independently are_______ structures.
Homologous
Heterogeneous
Analogous
Extinction will most likely NOT occur in the following example?
the organism that is smaller and smarter than others
the organism that is able to survive and reproduce more than others
Genetic diversity among members of a species is known as ...
variation
law of evolution
adaptation
Which hypothesis best explains marine fossils found in a desert?
the area was once covered with water
a catastrophe once occurred in the area
You can best conclude that if fossils of warm-weather plants found on an island in the Arctic Ocean then ...
ocean currents carried the plants to the island
the island drifted from a tropical region to the present location
The statement that supports the theory of evolution is ...
matter cannot be created or destroyed during chemical reactions
fossils provide evidence that vertebrates share a common ancestry
The evidence that supports the hypothesis that dolphins and whales evolved from a common ancestor is ...
they lived in the same area in the ocean
they have similar anatomies
______ would best allow a species to survive environmental change.
similar physical features
genetic diversity
______ is the most famous for proposing evolution through natural selection.
Mendeleev
Darwin
The appearance of a new organism is explained by ...
Theory of Evolution
Theory of Generation
Law of Appearances
New beneficial variations occur through ...
Inception
Mutation
Variation
A species is defined as ...
a community of diverse species
a group of individuals that breed among themselves
A population of plants consisted of 2 varieties of which one disappears over time. This process is likely to be ...
genetic drift
natural selection
Taxonomy is useful EXCEPT for ...
communicating about organisms
selling organisms
In the case of the Tibetan Blackbird (Turdus maximus), Turdus is the ...
Genus
Family
Class
Group
When a new species comes into existence from existing species, the process is called ...
Speciation
evolution
Fossils are most likely found in _____ rock.
Igneous
Metamorphic
sedimentary
Energy is capture by the sun in the following ways EXCEPT ...
wind turbines
reflectors
An example of a biotic factor is ...
water
grass
dirt
Chemosynthetic bacteria live on the bottom of the ocean at the ...
hydrothermal vents
abyssal plain
Phase change from gas to liquid is ...
condensation
sublimation
