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Evidence of Evolution Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is natural selection?

a)

the process by which individuals who are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive

b)

the process by which humans pick which organisms survive

c)

when species are randomly voted upon and one gets eliminated

d)

when DNA is shuffled together and forms a new species

2.

Who was Charles Darwin?

a)

a scientist who is known for the Theory of Evolution

b)

a scientist who is known as "The Father of Genetics"

c)

a scientist who discovered cells

d)

a scientist who developed the first microscope

3.

What book did Charles Darwin write?

a)

Survival of the Fittest

b)

The Origin of Life

c)

The Origin of Species

d)

Natural Selection at its Finest

4.

Where did Darwin go to study different species?

a)

New York

b)

India

c)

Galapagos Islands

d)

Cuba

5.

What species is Darwin known for studying?

a)

dogs

b)

cats

c)

lizards

d)

finches

6.

Most members of a species show difference, or variations.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What are the different bird beaks an example of?

a)

Randomization

b)

Variation

c)

Selective Randomization

d)

Natural Selection/ Adaption

8.

Variations are a difference in a trait from one organism in a species to another in the same species.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What are fossils?

a)

watches

b)

an ancient ancestor of the kangaroo

c)

the preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms

d)

an tool used to measure the length of a birds beak

10.

A fossil that used to be part of an animal, primarily a bone, is called a

a)

cast

b)

body fossil

c)

preserved remains

d)

trace fossil

11.
Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?
a)
the wings of a red-tailed hawk
b)
the hind limbs of a house cat
c)
the fins of sharks
d)
the tailbone of a human
12.

Comparative anatomy is where scientist compare the structures of different organisms

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is a homologous structures?

a)

when there are two of the same letters present in a genotype

b)

when there are two of the same buildings on a street

c)

similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor

d)

when living things have no common features

14.
Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development
a)
natural selection
b)
embryology
c)
speciation
d)
evolution
15.

"Survival of the Fittest" is the theory where a species will survive based on the amount of muscles it has.

a)

True

b)

False