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Evolution & Darwin

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Darwin?

a)

A politician in early America.

b)

An explorer who found evidence of evolution.

c)

The first person to come up with the idea of evolution.

d)

A fish on a kids show.

2.

Where was the most famous that Darwin explore?

a)

North America

b)

Cuba

c)

Galapagos

d)

India

3.

What is the BEST example of Natural Selection?

a)

One person having red hair and another having black.

b)

Trees having different shaped leaves.

c)

A breed of dog being better at hunting than another.

d)

One species of animal going extinct because it cannot blend into it's environment.

4.

What were Darwin's two scientific theories he explored the most?

a)

Natural Selection and Evolution

b)

Evolution and Theory of Motion

c)

Social Construct and Natural Rights

d)

Natural Selection and Gravity

5.

what years did the Beagle start and end its voyage?

a)

1831-1836

b)

1737-1745

c)

1731-1736

d)

1931-1936

6.

How can fossil records help us find a common ancestor of two species'?

a)

Finding fossils that are genetically similar.

b)

Fossils that are old.

c)

Finding a fossil that may have had a similar niche.

d)

Fossils of animals that would have lived in the sea.

7.

Why would two types of birds that have a close common ancestor have completely different beck shapes?

a)

To fight.

b)

To be more able to preform it's niche.

c)

To fly better.

d)

To be able to survive in it's habitat.

8.

What has been invented to help us better our understanding of evolution?

a)

DNA testing.

b)

Microscope.

c)

Radioisotope dating.

d)

All of the above.

9.

Can evolution and fossil records help us break the Earth's history into stages?

a)

No, evolution and the age of the Earth have nothing to do with each other.

b)

No, the Earth is too old.

c)

Yes, but some ancient fossils have been lost to the wear of time.

d)

Yes, we have fossils as old as the Earth itself that are all perfectly intact.

10.

Why have many species on Earth gone extinct?

a)

Humans have killed many off.

b)

They didn't try to evolve.

c)

They were not supposed to.

d)

They failed to adapt to the changing environment around them.

11.

Evaluation is important because

a)

It's not.

b)

It allows us to see where we and other species come from.

c)

It is the way the Earth was formed.

d)

We know nothing about it, so we strive to know more.

12.

What is Evolution?

a)

The change of a spices to better survive.

b)

The forces that pulls us to the Earth.

c)

The reason the Earth has life on it.

d)

The place where an organism lives.

13.

What happens when a species fails to evolve?

a)

They move.

b)

They die.

c)

They go extinct.

d)

Nothing.

14.

Where do two spices that are similar come from?

a)

They come from a similar place.

b)

A common ancestor.

c)

The are not related at all.

d)

They are the same spices.