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Natural Selection Trivia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Characteristics can also be called
a)
heredity
b)
traits
c)
gene 
d)
alleles
2.

A mutation is defined as:

a)

A change in the cell's structure

b)

Anything that changes in an embryo

c)

Any change in the physical features of a human

d)

A change in the DNA sequence

3.
How do adaptations help animals?
a)
to hide from predators
b)
to hunt for food
c)
to survive in their habitats
d)
All of these are correct
4.

All the members of one species in a particular area is the definition of ____________.

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Community

c)

Population

d)

Organism

5.

Changes in a species over generations, due to changes in the environment

a)

Distribution

b)

Mutation

c)

Adaptation

d)

Resistance

6.
Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Steven Hawking
d)
Isaac Newton
7.
Change over time
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Selective Breeding
c)
Homeostasis
d)
Evolution
8.
Which organisms are most likely to survive?
a)
the best adapted
b)
the fastest
c)
the strongest
d)
the most domesticated (tamed)
9.

All of the living and nonliving things in an environment

a)

ecosystem

b)

biome

10.

A student brings home a bull toad from the Amazon in Brazil. It gets fat and ugly so he tosses it in the river. This toad starts competing with local toads for their food, shelter, and space. What kind of limiting factor best represents what happened to the local toads?

a)

Competition

b)

Overcrowding

c)

Natural Disaster

d)

Human Impact