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Evo Devo Biology Evolution Song

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the "Beagle"?

a)

A gene

b)

A mutation

c)

Darwin's research ship

d)

Dr. Carroll's Book

2.

What does the "Sonic Hedgehog" gene do?

a)

Repeat spine vertebrae

b)

Create digits on hands and feet

c)

Turns off genes

d)

Causes mutations

3.

Who is "B. Mac"?

a)

Stephen Jay Gould

b)

Dr. Sean B. Carroll

c)

Thomas Huxley

d)

Dr. Barbara McClintock

4.

Using changes in DNA sequences to determine evolutionary changes over time

a)

Mutation

b)

Hox gene

c)

Molecular Clock

d)

Evo devo

5.

We use this to track whether a gene was "transformed" and used in an organism.

a)

Glow tag

b)

Homologs

c)

Switches

d)

Proteins

6.

Scientist who studied corn genetics and discovered that genes can move and become active/inactive

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Barbara McClintock

c)

Thomas Huxley

d)

Eric Davidson

7.

Structures that have similar features in different species that are related.

a)

Proteins

b)

Hox genes

c)

Homologous structures

d)

DNA mutations

8.

When a stem cell has divided and turned genes on or off those cells have

a)

Mutated

b)

Differentiated

c)

Died (apoptosis)

d)

a glow tag

9.

What do "gills" develop into in humans (Homo sapiens)?

a)

arms and hands

b)

Ear and jaw

c)

ribs

d)

legs and feet

10.

Science says that these can control the activity of a gene

a)

Proteins

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Switches

d)

Hydrogen bonds