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WorksheetsHistory and Evidence of evolution
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Theory of Evolution through Natural Selection was created by...
Charles Darwin
Sir Issac Newton
Gregor Mendel
Alfred Russel-Wallace
Mr. Brod
Darwin's Most noticeable observations during his journey in the HMS beagle took place in...
The Galapagos Islands
Australia
The Hawaiian islands
Austria
Darwin began to become interested in finches during his voyage after noticing their varying...
beak size and shape
wingspan
coloration
songs and mating calls
When two or more species evolve from a single species, this means that they share...
a common ancestor
a deep bond
the same DNA
the same evolutionary path
Evolution is one of science's most strongly supported theories, meaning...
it is supported by a lot of different evidence
it is still just a theory and probably isn't true
It will probably become a law one day
it is not supported by much evidence
A trait that two organisms share because they inherited it from a recent a common ancestor is what type of trait?
Homologous trait
Vestigial trait
Analogous trait
Common trait
A trait that two organisms share because of similar environments, but do not share a recent common ancestor is what type of trait?
Analogous trait
Homologous trait
Vestigial trait
Common Trait
A type of homologous trait that an organism inherits from an ancestor, but no longer uses the trait is known what?
Vestigial Trait
Useless Trait
Genetic Trait
Analogous trait
Which of the follow is true about fossil records? (more than one)
Allow us to observe organisms that went extinct a long time ago
Allow us to observe the gradual change of organisms over time
Most organisms become fossils when they die
Allow us to see features in living organisms
We can use multiple dating methods to determine how old some fossils are
The emergence of DDT resistant mosquito populations in the 1950s is a direct observation of...
microevolution
macroevolution
convergent evolution
coevolution
