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Practice Quiz on Natural Selection and Evolution

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
a)
increase in number
b)
become extinct
2.
Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 
a)
Evolution 
b)
Variation 
c)
Adaptation
d)
Natural Selection 
3.
When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....
a)
Adaption
b)
Extinction
c)
Fossilization
d)
Mutation
4.

The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

a)

Species

b)

Environmental Change

c)

Adaptation

d)

artificial selection

5.
What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?
a)
To look different from other species.
b)
To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
c)
To protect itself against predators.
d)
To protect itself against prey.
6.
Genetic differences between organisms of the same species
a)
Variation
b)
Adaptation
c)
Behavior
d)
Environment
7.
The struggle for existence against other members of an organisms species is
a)
Competition
b)
Natural Selection
c)
gene flow
d)
genetic drift
8.
Remains of ancient organisms are called
a)
Extinctions
b)
Fossils
c)
Mutations
d)
Variations
9.
A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations is called a(an):
a)
hypothesis
b)
experiment
c)
cause and effect
d)
scientific theory
10.
What is another name for natural selection?
a)
survival of the smartest
b)
survival of the fastest
c)
survival of the biggest
d)
survival of the fittest
11.
What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?
a)
species
b)
organism
c)
embryology
d)
vestigial 
12.
What is this an example of?
a)
diversity of species
b)
variation
c)
vestigial structures
d)
DNA studies
13.
Predict which moth would increase in population
a)
light 
b)
dark
14.
Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 
a)
Evolution 
b)
Variation 
c)
Adaptation
d)
Natural Selection 
15.
Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.
a)
Fossil
b)
Adaptation
c)
Ancestor
d)
Natural selection
16.
Produced when sediments fill in a cavity made when an object decayed 
a)
cast
b)
mold
c)
original remains
17.
Cavity in a rock made when an organism decayed
a)
cast
b)
mold 
c)
original remains
18.
Principle that Earth's processes occurring today are similar to those that occurred in the past 
a)
unconformities 
b)
uniformitariansim 
c)
superposition 
19.
Process that uses the properties of atoms in rocks and other objects to determine their ages 
a)
relative dating
b)
radioactive decay 
c)
absolute dating
20.
Fossil of thin layer of carbon atoms and molecules 
a)
original remains 
b)
carbon film
c)
trace fossil
21.
Formed when original material in skeletal remains are replaced by minerals 
a)
original remains 
b)
fossil
c)
permineralized remains 
22.
Method by which order of events or age of rocks is determined by examining the position of rocks in a layer 
a)
relative dating
b)
absolute dating
c)
radiometric dating
23.
Correctly sequence the layers of rocks oldest to youngest 
a)
A,D, C, B, E
b)
E, B,C D, A
c)
B,E,C, D, A
24.

Correctly sequence the layers of rocks oldest to youngest

a)

C, E, B, A, D

b)

C, E, D, A, B

c)

C, E, D, B, A

25.

1. The process of choosing parent organisms for desired characteristics is called

a)

natural selection

b)

Artificial selection

c)

random selection

d)

genetic manipulation

26.

What is an example of artificial selection?

a)

Letting dogs choose their own mate

b)

Letting plants pollinate on their own

c)

Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle

27.

1. Artificial selection has been a big factor in the evolution of:

a)

Dogs

b)

Panda bears

c)

Snakes

d)

Jellyfish

28.

Which statement is true comparing natural selection and artificial selection?

a)

In natural selection, traits benefit humans and in artificial selection, the traits benefit the species

b)

In natural selection, traits benefit the species and in artificial selection, the traits benefit humans

c)

In natural and artificial selection, the process takes hundreds of years to occur

d)

In natural and artificial selection, nature determines what traits will be passed down to offspring.

29.

Artificial selection is also known as

a)

natural selection

b)

selective hearing

c)

genetic manipulation

d)

selective breeding

30.

Darwin's theory of evolution suggests that....

a)

species change over time

b)

different species can interbreed

c)

extinct species are not related to living species

d)

animals that look alike are most closely related

31.

Which statement about evolution in the Galapagos finches is true?

a)

Natural selection on beak size and shape is driven by food.

b)

Mate choices likely plays no role in their evolution.

c)

Stabilizing selection has favored an intermediate beak type.

d)

None of the finch species is reproductively isolated

32.

According to Darwin's theory of natural selection, individuals that tend to survive.......

a)

got characteristics from their parent through use and disuse

b)

have the least number of offspring

c)

have characteristics that breeders value

d)

have variations best suited to their environment

33.

What could cause a species to go extinct?

a)

Food becomes more plentiful.

b)

The environment changes drastically and no-one can adapt.

c)

There is less competition for resources.

d)

Members of a species have adaptations to enhance survival.

34.

What is this an example of?

a)

theory of natural selection

b)

theory of acquired characteristics

35.

All artificial selection or "selective breeding" is good

a)

True

b)

False

36.

What is another name for "artificial selection"?

a)

breeding with articulation

b)

natural selection

c)

selective breeding

d)

in vitro fertilization

37.

What is this an example of?

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

38.

What is this an example of?

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

39.
These cause variations.
a)
mutations
b)
adaptations
c)
a desire to change
d)
injuries
40.
A slight difference in an inherited trait between individual members of the same species.
a)
variations
b)
adapatations
c)
homologous structures
d)
analogous structures
41.

True or False:

An individual organism can evolve

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It cannot be determined

42.

True or False?

Populations evolve when more and more individuals in that population have a beneficial adaptation over time.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It cannot be determined

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