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Darwin Intro/Natural Selection

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term would best describe Charles Darwin's decision to sail aboard the HMS Beagle?

a)

Unlucky

b)

Discovered by chance

c)

Wretched

d)

Uneventful

2.

What is an inherited trait?

a)

A characteristic determined by an organism's genes

b)

A skill that's developed through practice

c)

An organism's place in the food web

d)

An organism's relationship to its parents

3.
What did Charles Darwin have a theroey about ?
a)
Sleep
b)
Animals
c)
Land
d)
Evolution
4.
Charles Darwin studied ______ at the island of galapagos. 
a)
Turtles, Finches 
b)
Lizards, Snakes 
c)
Potatoes, Carrots
d)
Cows, Giraffes 
5.
What was the name of the ship Charles Darwin sailed on?
a)
Boaty McBoaty Face
b)
HMS Beagle
c)
HMS Britannia
d)
HMS Bulldog
6.
Who created the theory of evolution?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Charles Derwin
c)
Charlie Darwin
d)
Chris Darwin
7.
Where did Charles Darwin travel to?
a)
Australia
b)
Barbados
c)
Galapagos 
d)
Trinidad
8.
What does evolution mean?
a)
To change something
b)
To change and adapt over time
c)
To lose some original features
d)
To improve ssomething over time
9.
What animals did Charles Darwin study when at the Galapagos Islands?
a)
Giraffes
b)
Seagulls
c)
Seals
d)
Finches
10.
How did Darwin think life started?
a)
We evolved from apes
b)
We evolved from fish
c)
We evolved from each other
d)
We evolved from a simple cell
11.
For Darwin, how have animals and plants survived?
a)
Through luck
b)
Through natural selection
c)
Through careful management
d)
Through choice
12.
What is survival of the fittest?
a)
It is where the fittest die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes
b)
It is where the fittest die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
c)
It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
d)
It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes
13.
What is natural selection?
a)
Your natural fate is decided from birth
b)
Nature actively chooses who surivives
c)
Those best suited to demands of environment surivie
d)
The weakest of a species surivie
14.
What book did he write?
a)
Diary of a wimpy kid
b)
The Origin of species
c)
The giving tree
d)
The first dictionary.
15.
Which statement best describes the process of evolution?
a)
Populations can survive in different locations on earth
b)
Environmental conditions limit the number of species on Earth
c)
Populations grow when resources are abundant
d)
The traits of a species can change over time
16.
When charles was a young boy, what activities did he enjoy the most?(his parents were doctors)
a)
Make fun with what he had lying around
b)
explore
c)
surgery
d)
chart
17.

Darwin thought of his idea of evolution by natural selection after

a)

observing patterns among the geographical location of certain species

b)

experimenting with animals

18.

Based on adaptations Darwin observed in finches and tortoises, he wondered

a)

if species living on different islands had once been members of the same species

b)

if all birds on the different islands were finches

c)

why all tortoises on the different islands were identical

19.

Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment is

a)

diversity

b)

fitness

c)

adaptation

d)

evolution

20.

when a dairy farmer chooses to breed cows that give the most milk, the farmers are following the principle of

a)

artificial selection

b)

natural selection

21.
Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Steven Hawking
d)
Isaac Newton
22.
Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)
a)
Variation
b)
Adaptation
c)
Behavior
d)
Environment
23.
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
24.
What was the name of the ship Darwin traveled the world on?
a)
HMS Beagle
b)
SS Beagle
c)
HMS Bugle
d)
SS Bugle
25.
What are the most studied animals in the galapagos?
a)
Finches
b)
Tortoises
c)
Turtles
d)
Lizards
26.
What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?
a)
To look different from other species.
b)
To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
c)
To protect itself against predators.
d)
To protect itself against prey.
27.
The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?
a)
The inherited traits of a population.
b)
The acquired traits of a population.
c)
Hair color and eye color
d)
Attractive features.
28.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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