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Natural Selection

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______ are changes in genetic material.

a)

genes

b)

mutations

c)

variations

d)

biology

2.

______ is the process where organisms best suited to their environments survive and reproduce.

a)

Artificial Selection

b)

Mutations

c)

Characteristics

d)

Natural selection

3.

Paleontologists study ______.

a)

fossils

b)

living things

c)

oceans

d)

plants

4.

Differences in traits within a population are called ________.

a)

mutations

b)

variations

c)

varieties

d)

evolution

5.

Microscopic organisms like ______ also go through natural selection and can become drug resistant.

a)

bacteria

b)

animals

c)

plants

d)

fossils

6.

_______ is an animal's ability to blend into its environment.

a)

evolution

b)

natural selection

c)

camouflage

d)

artificial selection

7.

________ is the process in which humans choose the desired traits of an organism.

a)

artificial selection

b)

natural selection

c)

variation

d)

biology

8.

_____________ is famous for his work on natural selection.

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Henry Cavendish

d)

Babe Ruth

9.

________ is a bacteria that lives in the digestive tract of animals but can also make you sick.

a)

Salmonella

b)

MRSA

c)

E. coli

d)

Staphylococcus

10.

A ________ is a part of a chromosome that is inherited from the parent(s).

a)

trait

b)

mutation

c)

virus

d)

gene