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Evolution

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who said characteristics acquired during an organisms lifetime can be inherited by their offspring?

a)

Lamarck

b)

Darwin

c)

Oparin

d)

Miller and Urey

2.

Who said the environment selects individuals with variations best suited to survive and these adaptations are inherited by their offspring?

a)

Lamarck

b)

Darwin

c)

Oparin

d)

Miller and Urey

3.

Who proposed that life on Earth may have begun when lightning supplied energy for the creation of the first organic molecules from inorganic compounds?

a)

Lamarck

b)

Darwin

c)

Oparin

d)

Miller and Urey

4.

Who demonstrated in the lab that electricity, water and inorganic gases could produce simple organic molecules?

a)

Lamarck

b)

Darwin

c)

Oparin

d)

Miller and Urey

5.

Which of the following can't evolve?

a)

an individual

b)

a population

c)

a species

d)

bacteria

6.

Which of the following is not part of Darwin's Theory of Evolution Through Natural Selection?

a)

overproduction of offspring

b)

survival of the fittest

c)

reproduction

d)

biochemical analysis of DNA sequences

7.

Which of the following provides evidence for evolution:

a)

fossils

b)

anatomy and structures

c)

development of embryos

d)

biochemical analysis of DNA and protein sequences

e)

all choices are correct

8.

Which statement is true?

a)

All living things on Earth share a common ancestor.

b)

Many living things on Earth today are not related.

c)

Humans evolved from monkeys.

d)

Most species that have evolved on Earth are still present today.

9.

The source of genetic variation in a population is

a)

random mutation

b)

mutations caused by the environment

c)

the need of the organism to survive

d)

not understood

10.

A species is defined as

a)

a group of organisms that can produce fertile offspring

b)

organisms with a similar appearance

c)

a set of organisms with the same DNA

d)

organisms that live in the same niche

11.

Brown rabbits are more likely to survive and reproduce in a forest environment than white rabbits. Brown rabbits can be either BB or Bb for fur color. What is natural selection favoring in the forest?

a)

BB genotype

b)

Bb genotype

c)

bb genotype

d)

brown fur phenotype

12.

Same basic construction, recently related, different function, divergent evolution describes which structures?

a)

homologous structures

b)

analogous structures

c)

vestigial structures

d)

extinct structures

13.

Different construction, not related, same function, convergent evolution describes which structures?

a)

homologous structures

b)

analogous structures

c)

vestigial structures

d)

extinct structures

14.

No current function, slowly being lost in the population describes which structures?

a)

homologous structures

b)

analogous structures

c)

vestigial structures

d)

extinct structures

15.

Octopus eyes and human eyes are made out of different molecules and are constructed in very different ways. They would be considered

a)

homologous structures

b)

analogous structures

c)

vestigial structures

d)

extinct structures

16.

Human arms and whale flippers have the same organization of bones although, humans use their arms for grasping things and whales use their flippers for swimming. These would be considered

a)

homologous structures

b)

analogous structures

c)

vestigial structures

d)

extinct structures

17.

An ancestor of humans in evolutionary history had a tail. Humans still have some bones to hold a tail at the base of their spines, but they no longer have tails. The tail bone would be considered a

a)

homologous structures

b)

analogous structures

c)

vestigial structures

d)

extinct structures

18.

What choice is shown with these two cladograms?

a)

gradual evolution on the left and punctuated evolution on the right

b)

punctuated evolution on the left and gradualism on the right

c)

evolution on the left and human intervention on the right

d)

Darwin's Theory on the left and Lamarck's Theory on the right

19.

What term is used to describe the evolution of many new species to fill a new environment

a)

convergent evolution

b)

divergent evolution

c)

adaptive radiation

d)

genetic equilibrium

20.

Which term is used to describe the situation in a stable environment, where there is no selection for change?

a)

convergent evolution

b)

divergent evolution

c)

adaptive radiation

d)

genetic equilibrium

21.

Bird wings and insect wings evolved separately. They are not made out of the same materials and are constructed differently. They both allow the organism to fly. Wings on birds and wings on insects are an example of?

a)

convergent evolution

b)

divergent evolution

c)

adaptive radiation

d)

genetic equilibrium

22.

Rattlesnakes and monitor lizards are both reptiles with a common ancestor. They are now very different from one another. Rattlesnakes have no legs and move using muscles along their bodies, while monitor lizards walk on 4 legs.

a)

convergent evolution

b)

divergent evolution

c)

adaptive radiation

d)

genetic equilibrium

23.

In this cladogram, which species have evolved a placenta?

a)

platypus

b)

brown bear, lion, house cat

c)

humans

d)

brown bear

24.

In this cladogram, which species are most distantly related?

a)

platypus and brown bear

b)

lion and house cat

c)

brown bear and house cat

d)

brown bear and lion

25.

True or False?

Evolution is slow change in a population over time and many generations.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

True or False?

Individuals do not evolve.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

True or False?

The biggest individual is always the fittest.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

When searching for fossils, which layer would have the most recent fossils?

a)

layer A

b)

layer H

c)

layer C

d)

layer D

29.

In which layer would you be most likely to find an descendant for a fossil found in layer F?

a)

layer A

b)

layer H

c)

layer I

d)

layer D

30.

When determining the age of a fossil, which fossil would be more recent?

a)

the one with more radioactivity

b)

the one with less radioactivity

c)

the one found in a deeper layer

d)

the smaller one

31.

What describes the environment of Earth when the first life was formed?

a)

hot, no oxygen

b)

cold, oxygen present

c)

hot, oxygen present

d)

cold, no oxygen present

32.

If I wanted to reconstruct the genome of an ancient, extinct saber tooth tiger, what kind of fossil would I need?

a)

transitional fossil

b)

trace fossil

c)

actual frozen tissue

d)

petrified fossil

33.

Which species is the most closely related to the unknown species according to this biochemical evidence?

a)

Species I

b)

Species II

c)

Species III

d)

Species IV