wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

5.5 Evolution -- Bunny Lab & Frogs

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The term Darwin & Dr. Wallace coined while on the HMS Beagle.

"Survival of the fittest"

a)

progressive beak study

b)

random mutation

c)

natural selection

2.

Select ALL that are principles of evolution

a)

variation

b)

overpopulation

c)

vestigial structures

d)

selection

3.

The "Principal of Evolution" that means: to live you have to have lots of offspring

a)

variation

b)

overpopulation

c)

selection

d)

adaptation

4.

In the bunny lab, the "F" alleles survived. The "f" alleles eventually went away. Would this happen in real life?

a)

Yes

b)

No, because rabbits are complex

c)

No, mutations always happen

d)

Yes, because the "f" would go extinct

5.

Why did Darwin's finches all have different beaks?

a)

For different bird songs

b)

Adaptations for their diet

c)

Fighting

6.

Darwin's frogs in Argentina and Chile have unique adaptations. Select ALL:

a)

Poison

b)

Leaf - like shape/color

c)

Father carries tadpoles in voice box

d)

3 toes on the front legs

7.

Select the abiotic factors from this environment:

a)

water

b)

people

c)

sand

d)

fish

8.

What type of adaptation:

a)

Structural

b)

Physiological

c)

Behavioral

9.

What type of adaptation:

a)

Structural

b)

Physiological

c)

Behavioral

10.

What type of adaptation:

a)

Structural

b)

Physiological

c)

Behavioral

11.

Physical features that an organism has that help it live and thrive in its environment.

a)

Vestigial structure

b)

Structural adaptation

c)

Variation

d)

Diversity

12.

Tells you "WHY" something happened in science

a)

Law

b)

Theory

c)

Hypothesis

13.

Tells you "What" happened in science

a)

Law

b)

Theory

c)

Hypothesis

14.

Testable statements in science:

a)

Law

b)

Theory

c)

Hypothesis

15.

Flies and other flying insects with 2 wings have structures that adapted from wings called ___________.

a)

haltere

b)
c)

wing roots

d)