WorksheetsCh. 6 Change Over Time Review Game
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which animal would expect a dog's genes and proteins to be the most like?
Wolf
Bear
Alligator
Lion
Although Darwin did not know about genes, he could see that animals of the same species who had slight variations that helped them to survive longer could produce more offspring than animals who were not as well equipped. Which of the following could be an example of a variation that would help a group of animals survive?
black bears in a region that was always covered with snow
turtles with long necks on an island where the food source was elevated
choosing a cat to take home from an animal shelter
planting a certain kind of flower to attract butterflies
Which of the following do some scientists believe shows evidence for evolution in living species?
Homologous Structures
Analagous Structures
Vestigial Structures
All of the above
Scientists can tell whether organisms are closely related by comparing their ____.
hair color
teeth
DNA
scientific names
You are studying two animal species. You hypothesize that they are very distantly related to each other. What would be most useful for testing your hypothesis?
comparing their skulls
analyzing their DNA
comparing their embryos
looking up the answer on the Web
Change in the hereditary features of a type of organism over time is ____.
growth
biogenesis
spontaneous generation
evolution
Pharyngeal pouches were modified during vertebrate evolution. In humans they became ear bones. In fish, they became
fins
ear canals
gill arches
lungs
Which of the following is NOT a fossil?
outline of a fern
petrified wood in the desert
baby mammoth found in a glacier
old stone tools found in a cave
____ are remains of life from an earlier time.
Sedimentary Rocks
Fossils
Variations
Limestones
What is suggested by the figure?
Horses appeared no more than a million years ago and had no ancestors before that time.
There were no animals that would be considered to be related to horses 55-50 million years ago.
The modern horse is related to other extinct species.
The hyracotherium is the same species as the modern horse.
When an organism blends into its environment.
Variation
Camouflage
Homologous Structures
Mimicry
Study of the development of the embryos of organisms.
Embryology
Variation
Vestigial Structures
Natural Selection
Body parts that are reduced in size with no apparent function.
Homologous Structures
Variation
Vestigial Structures
Embryology
Survival of the fittest.
Variation
Camouflage
Vestigial Structures
Natural Selection
A trait that makes an individual different from other members of its species.
Embryology
Variation
Natural Selection
Homologous Structures
Body parts that are similar in origin and structure.
Homologous Structures
Variation
Embryology
Vestigial Structures
At the grocery store, Jose saw an apple that had been crossbred with a grape so that it looked like an apple, had the texture of an apple, but had the flavor of a grape.
Analagous Structures
Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Vestigial Structures
Sam’s friend tells him that the appendix in a human body serves no purpose. Sam wonders if sometime in the past, it did have a function.
Vestigial Structures
Artificial Selection
Homologous Structures
Natural Selection
Although birds use their forelimbs for flying, and cats use their forelimbs for walking, the bone structure is similar.
Analogous Structures
Artificial Selection
Homologous Structures
Vestigial Structures
In a litter of feral kittens, the bright yellow ones were easy for predators to spot. Two generations later, each kitten in the litter was grey.
Analogous Structures
Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Homologous Structures
What term do scientists use to describe what happened at each of the marked points (arrows) on the graph?
Evolution
Mass Extinction Events
Mimicry
Biogenesis
Sometimes sedimentary rocks are disturbed by road construction, volcanic eruptions, or earthquakes. How might scientists determine the age of fossils found under these conditions?
Relative Dating
Carbon Dating
Radiometric Dating
Absolute-Age Dating
What type of dating scale is shown on each side of the figure? The left side represents ___________ dating, while the right side represents ___________ dating.
Relative Dating/Absolute Dating
Absolute Dating/Relative Dating
Radiometric Dating/Carbon Dating
Carbon Dating/Radiometric Dating
. Suppose there is a large population of ptarmigan in Alaska. These birds have mostly white feathers in winter, and mostly brown feathers in summer. Now, because of a mutation, a few birds stay white all year. What would happen if the climate changed permanently, and the ground was snow-covered all year?
White birds would be more likely to die
Brown birds would be more likely to survive.
White birds would be more likely to survive.
There would be no change.
One of the Galapagos tortoises. What can you infer about its diet? Explain.
Because of its long legs and neck it could reach tall plants
Because of its long legs and neck it would eat short plants
Because of its long legs and neck it could catch prey quickly
It has no advantageous appendages.
