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Evolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Charles Darwin

a)

Formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection

b)

Formulated the law of conservation of mass

c)

Formulated the law of conservation of matter

d)

Formulated the big bang theory

2.

mimicry -

a)

The false belief that living things can come from non-living things

b)

The hiding of something as a result of its appearance

c)

Ability of an animal to look like another more harmful animal

d)

individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce

3.

Camouflage -

a)

The false belief that living things can come from non-living things

b)

The hiding of something as a result of its appearance

c)

Ability of an animal to look like another more harmful animal

d)

individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce

4.

Spontaneous Generation -

a)

The false belief that living things can come from non-living things

b)

The hiding of something as a result of its appearance

c)

Ability of an animal to look like another more harmful animal

d)

individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce

5.

Natural Selection -

a)

The false belief that living things can come from non-living things

b)

The hiding of something as a result of its appearance

c)

Ability of an animal to look like another more harmful animal

d)

Individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce

6.

Survival of the fittest

a)

Any structure that is the same among different organisms due to a common ancestor

b)

The ability to look at organisms from the past and then compare them to current species

c)

Any structure that is the same among different organisms due to a common environment.

d)

Individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully

7.

Fossil records -

a)

Any structure that is the same among different organisms due to a common ancestor

b)

The ability to look at organisms from the past and then compare them to current species

c)

Any structure that is the same among different organisms due to a common environment.

d)

Any structure that is the same among different organisms due to a common environment.

8.

Homologous structures -

a)

Any structure that is the same among different organisms due to a common ancestor

b)

The ability to look at organisms from the past and then compare them to current species

c)

Any structure that is the same among different organisms due to a common environment.

d)

Structures that are inherited from ancestors but have lost much or all of their original function

9.

Analogous structures -

a)

Any structure that is the same among different organisms due to a common ancestor

b)

The ability to look at organisms from the past and then compare them to current species

c)

Any structure that is the same among different organisms due to a common environment.

d)

Structures that are inherited from ancestors but have lost much or all of their original function

10.

Vestigial structures -

a)

Any structure that is the same among different organisms due to a common ancestor

b)

The ability to look at organisms from the past and then compare them to current species

c)

Any structure that is the same among different organisms due to a common environment.

d)

Structures that are inherited from ancestors but have lost much or all of their original function

11.

Embryology -

a)

structures that are inherited from ancestors but have lost much or all of their original function

b)

the study of embryos from different species to identify common characteristics

c)

the distribution of fossils can tell us where an organism originally came from.

d)

comparison of DNA and RNA similarities among different species

12.

Geographic distribution -

a)

structures that are inherited from ancestors but have lost much or all of their original function

b)

the study of embryos from different species to identify common characteristics

c)

the distribution of fossils can tell us where an organism originally came from.

d)

comparison of DNA and RNA similarities among different species

13.

Biochemistry -

a)

structures that are inherited from ancestors but have lost much or all of their original function

b)

the study of embryos from different species to identify common characteristics

c)

the distribution of fossils can tell us where an organism originally came from.

d)

comparison of DNA and RNA similarities among different species

14.

speciation -

a)

the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.

b)

comparison of DNA and RNA similarities among different species

c)

Separation of species or populations so that they cannot interbreed and produce fertile offspring

d)

slow evolutionary changes over a long period of time

15.

Reproductive Isolation -

a)

Process by which a single organism reproduces by itself

b)

comparison of DNA and RNA similarities among different species

c)

Separation of species or populations so that they cannot interbreed and produce fertile offspring

d)

slow evolutionary changes over a long period of time

16.

Asexual reproduction -

a)

Process by which a single organism reproduces by itself

b)

comparison of DNA and RNA similarities among different species

c)

process by which two organisms reproduce together

d)

slow evolutionary changes over a long period of time

17.

Sexual reproduction -

a)

Process by which a single organism reproduces by itself

b)

comparison of DNA and RNA similarities among different species

c)

process by which two organisms reproduce together

d)

slow evolutionary changes over a long period of time

18.

Biodiversity -

a)

tendency of species populations to remain stable

b)

The number of different species in an area

c)

process by which two organisms reproduce together

d)

a species that no longer has any known living individuals.

19.

Ecosystem Stability -

a)

tendency of species populations to remain stable

b)

The number of different species in an area

c)

process by which two organisms reproduce together

d)

a species that no longer has any known living individuals.

20.

Extinction -

a)

tendency of species populations to remain stable

b)

The number of different species in an area

c)

process by which two organisms reproduce together

d)

a species that no longer has any known living individuals.