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Natural Selection

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organisms of the same species can breed with each other and pass down DNA to their offspring.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Fitness in the biological sense is determined by...

a)

how long an organism lives

b)

how much exercise an organism can do

c)

how many offspring the organism has

3.

Which sentence is NOT true about evolution?

a)

Evolution is the result of natural selection.

b)

Evolution is change over time.

c)

Evolution is how an organism changes during its lifetime.

4.

Mutations and variations are...

a)

random

b)

can be controlled by the organism

5.

A mutation that makes an organism better suited to its environment and therefore thrive and reproduce is called...

a)

a negative mutation

b)

an adaptation

c)

a substitution

d)

a subtraction

6.

All mutations have a negative effect on a population of organisms.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

When we talk about variation in a population, we are talking about...

a)

similarities among the organisms for a certain characteristic

b)

differences among the organisms for a certain characteristic

8.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are the result of evolution.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Natural selection occurs because...

a)

some organisms have characteristics that make them more likely to survive and pass on their characteristics

b)

all organisms in the population are the same.

10.

Antibiotics work against...

a)

bacteria

b)

viruses