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Chapter 5 Evolution

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

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Class

Date

Over time, animals may change behavior or physical appearance in response to changes in the environment. What is this called?

resistance

genetic change

adaptation

genetic variation

Many insects can adapt very quickly to insecticides because :

the insects' genetic structure is stable

the insects' generation time is short

the insects' form separate species

they form a hard skeleton

What do we call the process by which populations change over time?

evolution

speciation

selective breeding

adaptation

Scientists compare organisms' DNA to support the theory that all species share a common:

environment

separation

population

ancestor

Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

Albert Einstein

Charles Darwin

Charles Barkley

Isaac Newton

To adjust to a changing environment

Mutation

Adapt

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

increase in number

become extinct

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

Their feathers

Genotypes

Their beaks

Their body sizes

When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

Adaption

Extinction

Fossilization

Mutation

10.

The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

Species

Environmental Change

Adaptation

Variation

11.

Darwin referred to this as survival of the fittest. Over time, it results in changes in the inherited characteristics of a population because organisms with adaptations that make them fit for their environment will survive and reproduce better than those without favorable traits.

Natural Selection

Genetic Variation

Survival of the Fittest

12.

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

To look different from other species.

To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

To protect itself against predators.

To protect itself against prey.

13.

Darwin's expedition was called the Voyage of the _________.

Titanic

Beagle

14.

Remains of ancient organisms are called

Extinctions

Fossils

Mutations

Variations

15.

A characterstic that can be passed from parent to offspring through genes is called:

resistance

sediment

trait

genetic change

16.

What process often begins by a portion of a population becoming physically or geographically separated?

speciation

selective breeding

genetic change

resistance

17.

What evidence of natural selection is available today that was not available to Darwin?

There is great variation among organisms

organisms inherit traits

differences in genes create variation

humans can breed organisms for specific traits

18.

A turtle will lay 100 eggs, knowing only a few will survive. This is called:

division

genetic change

speciation

overproduction

19.

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Because they come from dominant alleles.

Because they come from recessive alleles.

Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

20.

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Dark moth

Light moth

Both will be equally successful

Neither will be successful

21.