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WorksheetsHeredity & Adaptations
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
Differences in traits are called:
Natural selection
Genetic variation
Artificial selection
Ancestors
What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown?
Light moths - hunted easily
Dark moths - population increase
Dark moths - hunted easily
Dark moths - population increase
Light moths - hunted easily
Light moths - population increase
Lights moths will change their color to match dark moths.
The more similar the stages of embryonic development, the more likely that organisms share ____.
A common ancestor
Embryos
Eggs
Embryology
What is comparative embryology?
Compares embryos of different species, showing how all animals are related.
Medical research that uses embryonic stem cells.
The act of sequencing DNA of embryos.
How do you "win" at natural selection?
Survive
Go extinct
Survive & reproduce
According to the Law of Superposition, the oldest fossils are found ...
At the top of the rock layers
Near the bottom of the rock layers
In the middle of the rock layers
The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?
Old geologists
A list of every living thing ever
The known history of rocks and fossils
In the blank cladogram, what type of information would go on the lines labeled B?
Shared characteristics
DNA analysis
Common ancestors
Organisms
True or False: Natural selection will still occur if each individual has the same exact traits.
True
False
What is NOT an example of a limiting factor in a population?
Not enough water
Predators
Enough food
An environmental disaster
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
The chicken
The egg
A species is ...
A type of DNA
A group of different colored frogs
A group of organisms that can mate with each other
A species could go extinct if:
Food becomes more plentiful
Members of the species have adaptations to enhance survival
The environment changes drastically and no one can adapt
There is less competition for resources
Which fossil is the oldest?
Mammals
Dinosaurs
Amphibians
Fishes
Trilobites
Which fossil is the youngest?
Mammals
Dinosaurs
Amphibians
Fishes
Trilobites
Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. What is the reason for this?
The function of these bones is the same in all animals.
They live in similar environments.
They have a common ancestor.
All organisms resemble humans.
Why do organisms change over time?
Those with the most helpful traits don't have babies
Those with the most helpful traits have babies that do too
Those with least helpful traits don't have babies
Those with least helpful traits have babies that do too
The first life forms on Earth were similar to ...
Single cell organisms
Multicellular organisms
Flowering plants
Dinosaurs
What does NOT work to connect an organism back to their common ancestor?
By comparing bone structures of the organisms
By comparing embryos of the organisms
By comparing the environments of the organisms
By comparing the DNA of the organisms
According to the cladogram, which organism is most distantly related to the human?
Crayfish
Grasshopper
Perch
Frog
If we are decedents from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?
We AREN'T decedents from monkeys, we share a common ancestor.
There is not enough information to determine this question.
In the blank cladogram, what type of information would go on the lines labeled A?
Derived characteristics
Common ancestors
DNA analysis
Organisms
Adaptations can be:
Camouflage
Ability to survive cold weather
Hunting skills
All of the above
Natural selection occurs during the lifetime of a single organism.
True
False
Which of these animals does NOT have/produce an amniotic egg?
Turtle
Leopard
Lamprey
All three of these animals produce the amniotic egg
The Earth formed ____.
45 million years ago
45 billion years ago
4.5 million years ago
4.5 billion years ago
A yellow morph and green morph of an insect lives in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:
The green population to increase and the yellow to decrease
Both populations should stay the same
Both populations will increase
The green population to decrease and the yellow to increase
A paleontologist uncovers a series of fossils in a piece of rock.
-Fossil A was found 1 meter deep.
-Fossil B was found 3 meters deep.
-Fossil C was found 4 meters deep.
-Fossil D was found 10 meters deep.
Which fossil is the oldest?
Fossil A was found 1 meter deep.
Fossil B was found 3 meters deep.
Fossil C was found 4 meters deep.
Fossil D was found 10 meters deep.
What is NOT true about natural selection?
Members of the same species have to have different traits
Traits need to be heritable
When parents reproduce, they have babies who have the same traits as them
All traits will help an animal survive
Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with aged and identified fossils?
Fossil record
Comparative embryology
Comparative anatomy
Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with comparing similar structures in various species?
Fossil record
Comparative embryology
Comparative anatomy
What is comparative anatomy?
The comparison of embryos
The comparison of the Earth's layers
The comparison of body/bone structures
The comparison of carbon dating
Which trait is NOT heritable?
The ability to taste certain flavors
How big your muscles get after a year of PE
The color of your hair
The color of your eyes
Genes that get passed down from parents are most commonly ...
Beneficial, and help the offspring survive
Detrimental, and they make it difficult to survive
Mutations
Look at this graph, what is the title?
Snow Hare Population Each Month
Month
Snow Hare Population
Population Graph
Look at this graph, what is the y-axis labeled?
Rainfall during the first 9 days of a month
Day of the month
Rainfall in mm
Month
Look at this graph, what is the x-axis labeled?
Elk and Bison Population in Yellowstone
Minimum number of animals
Maximum number of wolves
Year
Who is Charles Darwin?
A teacher at El Sausal Middle School
The creator of Snurfle Islands
A scientist that studied evolution through the process called natural selection
