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WorksheetsEvolution Review - Mrs. Weaver
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How did the earth's atmosphere change after the evolution of photosynthetic bacteria?
There was more CO2 in the atmosphere
There was less N in the atmosphere
There was more O2 in the atmosphere
There was less SO4 in the atmosphere
After the industrial revolution, the peppered moth population switched from being mostly light in color to mostly dark in color. Why did this transition occur in the peppered moths?
The darker color helped the hide from predators
The darker color made them scarier
The darker color made them look bigger
The darker color had no effect on the peppered moths
The change in the peppered moth population after the industrial revolution is an example of:
Vestigial structures
Analogous structures
Coevolution
Natural Selection
How is resistance in plants or insects an example of natural selection?
There is no such thing as resistance in plants and animals
The naturally resistant plants survive and reproduce, producing offspring who are also resistant
The naturally resistant plants still die eventually
Which of the following shows using anatomical evidence to show evolutionary history?
What is the Law of Superposition?
Rock layers and fossils closer to the surface are older than those deep within the Earth.
Rock layers and fossils deeper within the Earth are younger than those closer to the surface.
Rock layers and fossils deeper within the Earth are older than those closer to the surface.
The depth within the Earth tells us nothing about the age of rocks or fossils.
Directional Selection favors:
One extreme form of a trait
Both extreme forms of a trait
The average individual
Disruptive Selection favors:
One extreme form of a trait
Both extreme forms of a trait
The average individual
Stabilizing Selection favors:
One extreme form of a trait.
Both extreme forms of a trait
The average individual
Why did Darwin's Finches have different beaks on each of the Galapagos Islands?
The birds had been placed on the island based on what they looked like by Darwin
The birds had adapted to the environment on each island, causing their beaks to be different.
The birds all had the same beaks, their feathers were what was changed due to different environments.
Why do pesticides and herbicides eventually become ineffective in killing the pests?
Eventually, natural selection causes the pests to become resistant to the chemicals being used.
The pests develop methods to deactivate the chemical making it ineffective.
The pests become antibiotic resistant.
The pests develop a pesticide-induced mutation
The appendix in humans and pelvis in whales are both examples of:
Analogous Structures
Homologous Structures
Vestigial Structures
The wing of a bat, leg of a cat, arm of a human and flipper of a whale all have the same bone structure but all serve different functions for the organism. These are examples of:
Analogous Structures
Homologous Structures
Vestigial Structures
Bird wings and butterfly wings are examples of:
Analogous Structures
Homologous Structures
Vestigial Structures
Which of the following must be present in order for Natural Selection to occur?
Cell Differentiation
Coevolution
Homologous Structures
Genetic Variation
Why might different populations of the same species look different?
They have adapted to different environments.
There have been multiple mutations within the DNA
The weak species have gone extinct
What evidence supports the endosymbiotic theory?
Mitochondria have their own DNA
Chloroplasts have their own DNA
Mitochondria and Chloroplasts contain their own ribosomes.
All of the above
Small, prokaryotic organisms living within other, larger prokaryotic organisms describes which of the following:
Development of multicellular prokaryotes
Development of eukaryotic cells
Development of prokaryotic cells that lived on land
Prokaryotic cells that developed nuclei and became complex
Which correctly lists the development of life on earth?
eukaryote, prokaryote, invertebrate, vertebrate
invertebrate, prokaryote, vertebrate, eukaryote
prokaryote, eukaryote, invertebrate, vertebrate
vertebrate, invertebrate, eukaryote, prokaryote
Why do organisms within the same species compete?
To provide species with a new way to communicate with each other
To allow females to determine who is old and who is young
To show off their muscles
To ensure the strongest organisms can survive and pass on their genes to their offspring "Survival of the Fittest"
