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History and Evidence of evolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Theory of Evolution through Natural Selection was created by...

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Sir Issac Newton

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Alfred Russel-Wallace

e)

Mr. Brod

2.

Darwin's Most noticeable observations during his journey in the HMS beagle took place in...

a)

The Galapagos Islands

b)

Australia

c)

The Hawaiian islands

d)

Austria

3.

Darwin began to become interested in finches during his voyage after noticing their varying...

a)

beak size and shape

b)

wingspan

c)

coloration

d)

songs and mating calls

4.

When two or more species evolve from a single species, this means that they share...

a)

a common ancestor

b)

a deep bond

c)

the same DNA

d)

the same evolutionary path

5.

Evolution is one of science's most strongly supported theories, meaning...

a)

it is supported by a lot of different evidence

b)

it is still just a theory and probably isn't true

c)

It will probably become a law one day

d)

it is not supported by much evidence

6.

A trait that two organisms share because they inherited it from a recent a common ancestor is what type of trait?

a)

Homologous trait

b)

Vestigial trait

c)

Analogous trait

d)

Common trait

7.

A trait that two organisms share because of similar environments, but do not share a recent common ancestor is what type of trait?

a)

Analogous trait

b)

Homologous trait

c)

Vestigial trait

d)

Common Trait

8.

A type of homologous trait that an organism inherits from an ancestor, but no longer uses the trait is known what?

a)

Vestigial Trait

b)

Useless Trait

c)

Genetic Trait

d)

Analogous trait

9.

Which of the follow is true about fossil records? (more than one)

a)

Allow us to observe organisms that went extinct a long time ago

b)

Allow us to observe the gradual change of organisms over time

c)

Most organisms become fossils when they die

d)

Allow us to see features in living organisms

e)

We can use multiple dating methods to determine how old some fossils are

10.

The emergence of DDT resistant mosquito populations in the 1950s is a direct observation of...

a)

microevolution

b)

macroevolution

c)

convergent evolution

d)

coevolution