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Ch. 6 Change Over Time Review Game

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which animal would expect a dog's genes and proteins to be the most like?

a)

Wolf

b)

Bear

c)

Alligator

d)

Lion

2.

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?

a)

black bears in a region that was always covered with snow

b)

turtles with long necks on an island where the food source was elevated

c)

choosing a cat to take home from an animal shelter

d)

planting a certain kind of flower to attract butterflies

3.

Which of the following do some scientists believe shows evidence for evolution in living species?

a)

Homologous Structures

b)

Analagous Structures

c)

Vestigial Structures

d)

All of the above

4.

Scientists can tell whether organisms are closely related by comparing their ____.

a)

hair color

b)

teeth

c)

DNA

d)

scientific names

5.

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?

a)

comparing their skulls

b)

analyzing their DNA

c)

comparing their embryos

d)

looking up the answer on the Web

6.

Change in the hereditary features of a type of organism over time is ____.

a)

growth

b)

biogenesis

c)

spontaneous generation

d)

evolution

7.

Pharyngeal pouches were modified during vertebrate evolution. In humans they became ear bones. In fish, they became

a)

fins

b)

ear canals

c)

gill arches

d)

lungs

8.

Which of the following is NOT a fossil?

a)

outline of a fern

b)

petrified wood in the desert

c)

baby mammoth found in a glacier

d)

old stone tools found in a cave

9.

 ____ are remains of life from an earlier time.

a)

Sedimentary Rocks

b)

Fossils

c)

Variations

d)

Limestones

10.

What is suggested by the figure?

a)

Horses appeared no more than a million years ago and had no ancestors before that time.

b)

There were no animals that would be considered to be related to horses 55-50 million years ago.

c)

The modern horse is related to other extinct species.

d)

The hyracotherium is the same species as the modern horse.

11.

When an organism blends into its environment.

a)

Variation

b)

Camouflage

c)

Homologous Structures

d)

Mimicry

12.

Study of the development of the embryos of organisms.

a)

Embryology

b)

Variation

c)

Vestigial Structures

d)

Natural Selection

13.

Body parts that are reduced in size with no apparent function.

a)

Homologous Structures

b)

Variation

c)

Vestigial Structures

d)

Embryology

14.

 Survival of the fittest.

a)

Variation

b)

Camouflage

c)

Vestigial Structures

d)

Natural Selection

15.

A trait that makes an individual different from other members of its species.

a)

Embryology

b)

Variation

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Homologous Structures

16.

 Body parts that are similar in origin and structure.

a)

Homologous Structures

b)

Variation

c)

Embryology

d)

Vestigial Structures

17.

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.

a)

Analagous Structures

b)

Artificial Selection

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Vestigial Structures

18.

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.

a)

Vestigial Structures

b)

Artificial Selection

c)

Homologous Structures

d)

Natural Selection

19.

Although birds use their forelimbs for flying, and cats use their forelimbs for walking, the bone structure is similar.

a)

Analogous Structures

b)

Artificial Selection

c)

Homologous Structures

d)

Vestigial Structures

20.

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.

a)

Analogous Structures

b)

Artificial Selection

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Homologous Structures

21.

What term do scientists use to describe what happened at each of the marked points (arrows) on the graph?

a)

Evolution

b)

Mass Extinction Events

c)

Mimicry

d)

Biogenesis

22.

Sometimes sedimentary rocks are disturbed by road construction, volcanic eruptions, or earthquakes. How might scientists determine the age of fossils found under these conditions?

a)

Relative Dating

b)

Carbon Dating

c)

Radiometric Dating

d)

Absolute-Age Dating

23.

What type of dating scale is shown on each side of the figure?  The left side represents ___________ dating, while the right side represents ___________ dating.

a)

Relative Dating/Absolute Dating

b)

Absolute Dating/Relative Dating

c)

Radiometric Dating/Carbon Dating

d)

Carbon Dating/Radiometric Dating

24.

. 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?

a)

White birds would be more likely to die

b)

Brown birds would be more likely to survive.

c)

White birds would be more likely to survive.

d)

There would be no change.

25.

One of the Galapagos tortoises. What can you infer about its diet? Explain.

a)

Because of its long legs and neck it could reach tall plants

b)

Because of its long legs and neck it would eat short plants

c)

Because of its long legs and neck it could catch prey quickly

d)

It has no advantageous appendages.