WorksheetsNatural Selection Choice Board
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The process of change overtime
a)
alleles
b)
involution
c)
evolution
d)
natural selection
2.
The preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms
a)
rocks
b)
evolution
c)
decayed matter
d)
fossils
3.
Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Charles Barkley
d)
Isaac Newton
4.
The gradual change in species over time is...
a)
Evolution
b)
Nucleotide
c)
Adaptation
d)
Natural Selection
5.
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
a)
increase in number
b)
become extinct
6.
When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called
a)
evolution
b)
extinction
c)
adaptation
d)
natural selection
7.
Which layer is the oldest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
8.
What is this an example of?
a)
diversity of species
b)
variation
c)
vestigial structures
d)
DNA studies
9.
Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.
a)
Fossil
b)
Adaptation
c)
Ancestor
d)
Natural selection
10.
Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?
a)
individual
b)
population
c)
species
d)
fossil
11.
Two organisms that are closely related would have
a)
very similar DNA sequence
b)
exactly the same DNA sequences
c)
no proteins in common
d)
completely different DNA sequence
12.
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
13.
What was the name of the ship Darwin traveled the world on?
a)
HMS Beagle
b)
SS Beagle
c)
HMS Bugle
d)
SS Bugle
14.
The formation of a new species
a)
Speciation
b)
specialization
c)
discovery
d)
breeding
15.
He believed If an organism changes during life in order to adapt to its environment, those changes are passed on to its offspring.
a)
Lamarack
b)
Darwin
c)
Charles lyell
d)
Wallace
16.
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.
17.
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.
18.
Mutations are a change in what?
a)
DNA
b)
tRNA
c)
genotype
d)
phenotype
19.
Do structural changes that occur get passed to offspring?
a)
Yes
b)
No
20.
Adaptation refers to those changes and mutations in the genetic field that certain species adopt in order to survive in an environment with specific characteristics.
a)
True
b)
False
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