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Chapter 16

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does evolution mean?

a)

Maths

b)

Change over time

c)

growing over a lifespan to help you survive

d)

Ancient organisms descending from modern organisms

2.

Who was Thomas Malthus?

a)

Man who said that if overcrowding happened food would run out

b)

Man

c)

Working with Darwin on his hypothesis

d)

A Bioligist with Darwin

3.

what ship did Darwin sail on?

a)

The Newfoundland

b)

The Titanic #2

c)

The Beagle

d)

The Galapagos

4.

Who was Charles Darwin?

a)

Author of The origin of Species

b)

Sailor

c)

Discoved Evolution

d)

Farmer

5.

what is artificial selection?

a)

Humans breeding plants for their own needs

b)

Animals selectively choosing traits in mates

c)

Sean Flanery

d)

Humans breeding animals just for pets

6.

How was Lamarck Wrong?

a)

he said that species changed over time

b)

he said Hillary would win

c)

he said parents pass on traits

d)

He said species chose their traits throughout their lifetime

7.

What is natural Selection?

a)

An organisms ability to reproduce

b)

humans selectively breeding organisms

c)

organisms most fit for their environment survive and reproduce

d)

Darwins first discovery

8.

What does Natural Selection Lead To

a)

Death

b)

A massive population spike

c)

A fitter population

d)

Look at Flanery’s yearbook photo

9.

Bonus...

a)

John Casey

b)

John Casey

c)

John Casey

d)

John Casey

10.

Give an example of artificial selection

a)

breeding pigeons for better traits

b)

Pig

c)

Letting animals roam free

d)

Matt Ionesku

11.

Hutton and Lyell said....

a)

The Earth was billions of years old

b)

The Earth was millions of years old

c)

The Earth was thousands of years old

d)

The Earth stayed the same