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WorksheetsNatural Selection Quiz
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 27mins
What type of natural selection is this?
Disruptive Selection
Directional Selection
Stabilizing Selection
Random Selection
The small seeded plants in an area were killed by a fungus. Finches with a small beak cannot crack open the large seeds from the plants that were left. What type of selection is likely to occur?
directional selection
stabilizing selection
disruptive selection
artificial selection
Having a very high birth weight or a very low birth weight increases the mortality rate of human babies. What type of selection may occur over time?
directional selection
disruptive selection
stabilizing selection
artificial selection
In a forest in Germany, there is a rat who has three fur coat colors: a light creamy color, a medium tan color, and a dark brown color. In this particular forest, the floor is a medium brown and the intermediate tan color mouse is better camouflaged.
directional selection
disruptive selection
stabilizing selection
artificial selection
The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called
genes.
variations.
traits.
theories.
Which organism is more likely to survive and reproduce?
Yellow butterfly
Brown butterfly
Which organism is more likely to die and not pass on its genes?
Yellow caterpillar
brown caterpillar
According to the Theory of Natural Selection, organisms that live long enough to reproduce have the best set of _______________ for their environment.
supplies
adaptations
characteristics
survival skills
The Theory of Evolution states that ___________________ change over time, not ______________________.
animals, people
people, animals
individuals, populations
populations, individuals
Which condition is essential for natural selection to result in a new species?
unlimited resources
an inherited variation
a static (non-changing) enviroment
a long life span
What is the name for populations becoming more suited to their environment over many generations?
extinction
genetic diversity
adaptation
adoption
What do the individuals that reproduce successfully pass on?
alleles
advice
opinions
habitats
If a bacterium is resistant to an antibiotic because of a mutation, will the antibiotic kill it?
Yes
No
It depends
none of these are correct
Of the four parts of natural selection, which is this an example of?
Examples of analogous structures include
the wings of a bat and a bird
the wings of a bat and the limbs of a cat
the limbs of a cat and the limbs of a tortoise
all of the above
What did Charles Darwin think when he saw the Finches?
He thought they were smart
He thought they were the same species
He thought they were pretty
He thought that they had a common ancestor
Evolution happens slowly.
Yes, it does happen slowly
No, it dose not happen slowly
Evolution can happen slowly, and it can happen rapidly
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
Environment
Starbucks
Earth
Mars
If flowers with longer roots are able to get more water from the ground which of the following would you expect to become more common after a period of drought?
Flowers with short root systems
Flowers with average root systems
Flowers with the longest root systems
If birds with short thick beaks are better at getting food in a specific environment, what do you expect the population to look like in 50 years?
there will be no change in beak shape
all of that species of birds will have died off
most birds will have short thick beaks
every bird will have short thick beaks
Inherited changes that occur in a population over time is called
evolution
traits
adaptation
variation
A population of cockroaches was sprayed with an insecticide. Some cockroaches survived and produced a population of cockroaches that was resistant to this spray. What can BEST be inferred from this example?
species will adapt no matter what the environment
environment has no effect on the survival of an organism
Individuals with favorable variations survive and reproduce
Insecticides cause mutations that are passed on to the next generation
