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WorksheetsEvolution and Natural Selection
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is evolution?
change over hundreds of years
change over millions of years
change over weeks
change over a few years
Different sizes, shapes and colors are usually . . .
adaptations
variations
homologous structures
vestigial structures
He proposed evolution due to the environment.
Carolus Linnaeus
Georges Buffon
Erasmus Darwin
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
He proposed evolution by natural selection.
Charles Darwin
Georges Buffon
Erasmus Darwin
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Trace of an organism that existed in the past.
Fingerprint
Vestigial Structure
Fossil
DNA sequence
Features allowing organisms to better survive its environment.
analogous structures
variations
adaptations
vestigial structures
Selection where humans breed species based on favorable traits.
Artificial
Sexual
Natural
Selection by which the environment determines an organisms traits.
Artificial
Sexual
Natural
The ability to pass on traits from one generation to the next.
Adpatability
Inheritance
Heritability
Variability
Measure of how well an organism can survive and produce offspring.
Variation
Adaptation
Heritability
Fitness
Producing more offspring than will survive to increase the probability of survival.
Embryology
Overproduction
Adaptations
Variations
Allows scientists' to determine age, common ancestors, location or environment.
Embryology
Anatomy
Geography
DNA sequence
Natural selection results with adaptations suited for survival and reproduction is.
Variation
Adaptation
Descent with Modification
Overproduction
Which description most accurately describes natural selection?
reproductive success based on inherited traits
inheriting learned characteristics
characteristics changing in response to need
constant improvement leading to perfection
Which of the following represents a pair of homologous structures?
body of a shark and a whale
wing of a bat and arm of a human
feathers of a bird and skin of a bat
scales of a fish and the wing of a bird
Organs that have similar functions but different structures.
analogous structures
homologous structures
heterologous structures
heterozygous structures
What is an inherited trait that increases an organisms chance of surviving and reproducing?
natural selection
adaptation
variation
evolution
The process of change over a period of time is called
adaptation
evolution
natural selection
selective breeding
Which layer contains the YOUNGEST fossils?
top layer
middle layer
bottom layer
no one knows
The process where organisms with favorable adaptations are most likely to survive is called
evolution
speciation
change over time
natural selection
What did Darwin help to explain?
genetics
how old the Earth is
how birds fly
how species change over time
According to Darwin, why did the Galapagos finches have different beaks?
feeding habits and diet
differences in defense
genetic mutations
difference in flight
