WorksheetsEvolutionary Patterns, Rates and Trends
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The number of species on island depends on the size of the island and its distance from mainland. This statement would most likely be made by _______________.
a geologist
an explorer
a philosopher
a biogeographer
The first comprehensive theory of evolution, which proposed that the mechanism was an inner drive for improvement, was proposed by _______________.
Aristotle
Lamarck
Wallace
St Hillarie
Presence of vestigial body parts in organisms like coccyx in human and leg bones in snakes _______________.
challenge prevailing beliefs
support idea on evolution
add up naturalist confusion
all of the above
Porpoise flippers, human arms, bat wings and elephat’s leg are different outwardly but have similar form internally. This shows they have_________________.
common ancestory
common eating behaviour
common habitat
all of the above
Organs of different organisms that have a similar form due to a common origin are ______________.
Homoplastic
Homologous
Vestigial
Analogous
These are inferences made in the Principle of Natural Selection except:
Individuals with less adaptive traits cannot survive.
Adaptive traits may make an individual better suited to an environment.
Individuals that better suited to environment are better able to survive tend to leave more offsprings
Frequency of adaptive tends to become more common in a population over time.
The first to propose that the mechanism for the evolution of organisms is by natural selection was _________________.
Malthus
Lamarck
Darwin
Wallace
Parts or traces of an ancient organism preserved in rock are known as ____________.
fossil
amber
rocks
K-T boundary
A unique rock layer that marks an abrupt transistion in the fossil record which implies a mass extincion worldwide 65.5 million years ago.
K-T boundary
Evolution
Indexed Fossil
Homoplasty
Similar in function or appearance, but not in origin or development.
Homoplasty
Homologous
Analogous
Vestigial
