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Evolution Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If scientists were to compare the fossil of a fern that lived millions of years ago with present-day ferns, what would they most likely find?

a)

That plants had bones millions of years ago

b)

That they have changed over time

c)

That ferns stopped evolving 25 million years ago

d)

That only animals evolve

2.
Preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past…..
a)
fossil
b)
picture
c)
dinosaur
d)
animal
3.

The man who proposed the Theory of Natural Selection was-

a)

Thomas Moore

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Neil Degrasse Tyson

d)

Charles Darwin

4.

The theory that organisms best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce is-

a)

Natural selection

b)

Adaptation

c)

Extinction

d)

Fossil

5.
What is the BEST definition for Evolution?
a)
Change
b)
Adaptation
c)
Nature's power
d)
Change over time
6.
What causes evolution?
a)
Natural selection
b)
wind
c)
water
d)
Charles Darwin
7.

Which of the following is NOT a type of fossil?

a)

Frozen

b)

Cast

c)

Mutation

d)

Mineralized

e)

Imprint

8.

What was the name of Darwin's boat?

a)

Indefatiguable

b)

Bugle

c)

Sloop John B

d)

HMS Beagle

9.

What type of evidence for evolution is represented in the picture above:

a)

Fossils

b)

Vestigial Structures

c)

DNA

d)

Homologous Structures

10.

________ is the blueprint for the development of humans and all organisms and is a type of evidence for evolution.

a)

Fossils

b)

Vestigial structures

c)

Homologous Structures

d)

DNA

11.

What type of evidence for evolution is shown in the picture above?

a)

Fossils

b)

Embryology

c)

Homologous Structures

d)

Vestigial Structures

12.
The similarities of the bones in the diagram provide evidence that---
a)
The organisms shown lived in the same natural envionrment
b)
The organisms shown may have developed from a common ancestor
c)
The organisms shown have the same genetic diseases
d)
All vertebrate species have identical forelimbs
13.
The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?
a)
Fossil A and C are the same age
b)
Fossil B is older than fossil C
c)
Fossils A is older than fossil B
d)
Fossil D is older than fossil C
14.

_____________________are features present in modern organisms which are no longer in use.

a)

DNA

b)

Vestigial structures

c)

Fossils

d)

Homologous structures

15.

Which IS NOT used as evidence for evolution?

a)

Fossils

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Embryology

d)

Homologous/Body Structures

e)

DNA