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WorksheetsEvolution QUIZ Review!
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What was the name of the famous ship which transported Darwin around the globe on his naturalist studies?
HMS Badger
HMS Beagle
HMS Titanic
HMS Finch
What type of organism gave Darwin the aha! moment that revealed the idea of natural selection?
sloth
iguana
finch
whale
Which of the scientists below did NOT influence Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection?
Alfred Russel Wallace
James Watson
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Thomas Malthus
An inherited trait which increases the chance of survival/reproduction in a population is ...
gradualism
natural selection
mutation
adaptation
Darwin and Lamarck agreed that changes in a population are linked to ...
genetics
environmental conditions
use or disuse of physical features
acquired characteristics
Natural selection causes the frequency of advantageous alleles to ...
increase in a population over time
decrease in a population over time
remain constant in a population over time
show large variation in a population
What is the definition of "gradualism"?
individuals gradually becoming more adapted to their environment over their lifetime
slow and steady change of a species over time
variation in traits among members of the same species
rapid change of a species over time
What evolution term is shown?
speciation
vestigial structures
homologous structures
subspecies
Many organisms possess parts that were used by a common ancestor but are no longer useful or helpful. An example is the leg bone found in the whale skeleton. What evolution term is being described?
homologous structures
vestigial trait
divergence
punctuated equilibrium
How do we know if 2 individuals are considered to be of the same species?
their DNA is at least 99% identical
they live together in the same population
they are able to mate and produce viable offspring
they descended from a recent common ancestor
Breeding golden retriever puppies which are soft and friendly is NOT natural selection. Why?
natural selection needs thousands of years to act upon the species
natural selection causes the increase in traits that will benefit the species in nature
"soft" and "friendly" are not heritable traits
making those changes would create a new species and they would no longer be considered golden retrievers
What is the definition of "evolution"?
increasing complexity to a species over time
species adapting and becoming stronger over time
change over time to individuals
change over time that requires genetic inheritance
Where was Darwin when he was able to see how a specific environmental condition (different types of food) impacted the physical traits of a population?
Galapagos Islands
London
Argentina
Hawaii
What is the difference between macro- and micro-evolution?
microevolution acts on microscopic organisms (bacteria) and macroevolution acts on multicellular organisms
microevolution occurs within 1 generation and macroevolution happens over thousands of years
microevolution involves very small genetic changes and macroevolution causes the creation of a new species
Which organism is most closely related to a sponge?
mouse
fern
mushroom
tomato
Which letter represents the common ancestor between a fern and a mushroom?
c
b
d
e
Monarch butterflies are poisonous to the predators that like to eat them. Viceroy butterflies are NOT poisonous but have adapted to look just like the monarch to avoid being eaten. What evolution term is being described?
camouflage
divergence
speciation
mimicry
It is incorrect to say "humans evolved from monkeys." Which is actually correct?
Monkeys evolved from humans.
Humans and monkeys share a common ancestor.
Humans and monkeys are still on the same branch of the phylogenetic tree.
