Free Printable Evolution

Worksheets

Evolution

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name

Class

Date

Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.

Fossil

Adaptation

Ancestor

Natural selection

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

Fossil A and C are the same age

Fossil B is older than fossil C

Fossils A is older than fossil B

Fossil D is older than fossil C

What do we call a change in a species over time?

Adaptation

Evolution

Extinction

Environmental influences

When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

Adaption

Extinction

Fossilization

Mutation

Two organisms that are closely related would have

very similar DNA sequence

exactly the same DNA sequences

no proteins in common

completely different DNA sequence

All the individuals of a species that live in a particular area are called a

variation

population

fossil

group

Which layer is oldest?

Who was the first naturalist to study evolution?

Charles Darwin

Gregor Mendal

Carolus Linneaus

Thomas Edison

This is a process by which organisms inherited advantageous traits that tend to reproduce more successfully than the other organisms do.

Artificial selection

Natural selection

Populations

Environment

10.

The surroundings and conditions in which an organism lives and operates.

Evolution

Population

Environment

Biological diversity

11.

These are natural differences within a species.

Evolution

Genetic variation

Biological diversity

Populations

12.

This is an ecological relationship in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource.

Adaptation

Competition

Evolution

Natural selection

13.

This is the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

Competiton

Extinction

Evidence

Fossil

14.

What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

natural selection

inheritance

artificial selection

descent withOUT modification

15.

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

increase in number

become extinct

16.

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

Their feathers

Genotypes

Their beaks

Their body sizes

17.

Scientists have collected millions of fossils of different organisms, and have developed a timeline of life on Earth. What do we call this?

Mutation

Natural Selection

The theory of evolution

Fossil Record

18.

How do we measure the age of a fossil in years?

variation

absolute dating

selection

mutation

19.

What is the correct order of eras, from oldest to youngest?

Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic

Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Paleozoic

Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic

Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

20.

What is the geological era in which the dinosaurs reigned?

The Paleozoic

The Mesozoic

The Proterozoic

The Cenozoic

21.

In which era do we currently live?

Jurassic

Mesozoic

Paleozoic

Cenozoic

22.

Place the following in order starting with the OLDEST
1 Paleozoic
2 Cenozoic
3 Precambrian
4 Mesozoic

1 3 2 4

3 1 4 2

4 3 2 1

2 3 1 4

23.

Cavemen lived at the same time as the dinosaurs.

TRUE

FALSE

24.

Which type of life dominates the Precambrian Time?

Dinosaurs

Mammals

Bacteria

Humans

25.

During which geologic era did trilobites, mosses and ferns first appear in the fossil record?

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Precambrian

Reset

Evolution

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Similar Resources on Wayground