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Evolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is evolution?

a)

Evolution is our health

b)

Evolution is the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations.

c)

Evolution is growth of humans

d)

Evolution is where archeologists find different bones

from centuries back

2.

Who discovered evolution?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Michael Jackson

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Socrates

3.

How did Charles Darwin discover evolution

a)

He saw Animals more suited to their environment survive longer and have more young.

b)

He saw monkey jumping around and playing when he that it was evolution

4.

Scientist find dinosaur fossils in the bottom of a cliff and mammals fossils in the middle layer, what can be inferred?

a)

Dinosaurs ate plants

b)

Dinosaurs lived before the mammals

c)

They lived at the same time

d)

Dinosaurs were eaten by the mammals

5.

Which statement best describes the process of evolution?

a)

Populations can survive in different locations on earth

b)

Environmental conditions limit the number of species on Earth

c)

The traits of a species can change over time

d)

Populations grow when resources are abundant

6.

Which of the following is a fossil?

a)

a plant that has recently died

b)

a group of organisms that can reproduce

c)

a structure or organ that no longer functions

d)

a trace of an organisms that existed in the past

7.

All of the following statements about Darwin are true EXCEPT for

a)

Darwin collected many specimens over his lifetime, including rocks, shells, beetles, plants, and more.

b)

Darwin was highly curious about the natural world

c)

Darwin loved learning about blood, surgeries, and medicine which is why he almost became a medical doctor.

d)

Darwin wrote many letters to fellow scientists, family members, and peers over his lifetime.

8.

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

a)

become extinct

b)

increase in number

9.

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

a)

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

b)

Genotypes

c)

Their beaks

d)

Their body sizes

10.

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

a)

Variation

b)

Adaptation

c)

Behavior

d)

Environment