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Evolution Basics

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Populations of organisms change over time from inherited genetic changes

a)

Darwin

b)

Evolution

c)

Common Ancestor

d)

Incomplete Dominance

2.

Darwin traveled to the _____ Islands aboard ship HMS Beagle.

a)

Hawaiian

b)

Caribbean

c)

Galapagos

3.

The theory of Evolution by Natural Selection explains how the organisms _________ over time and they may become different species.

a)

stay the same

b)

never change

c)

change

4.

Birds beaks are different because they are adapted to different and available

a)

food

b)

climate

c)

age

d)

sound

5.
When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....
a)
Adaption
b)
Extinction
c)
Fossilization
d)
Mutation
6.

Popularized natural selection with his book On

the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859

after his observations sailing on the HMS Beagle.

a)

Curie

b)

Hooke

c)

Linnaeus

d)

Darwin

7.

Favorable genetic traits are passed on causing a survival advantage in a particular environment.

a)

speciation

b)

natural selection

c)

cladogram

d)

inherent danger

8.

Evolution explains the _____ of life, and why we are alike but also unique.

a)

paths

b)

theories

c)

diversity

9.
Another word for adapt is ____________.
a)
change
b)
create
10.

What word do we use to describe the process of biological change in organisms over time?

a)

Fossilization

b)

Evolution

c)

Mutation

d)

Amorphism

11.

Mutations will be passed on and spread if they are helpful or neutral

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Traits that help organisms survive and reproduce.

a)

Evolution

b)

Adaptations

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Cladogram