WorksheetsTopic 5 Review Part 1
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
What scientist was developed the theory of evolution?
Carli Linneaus
Charles Darwin
Rudolf Virchow
Vivien Theodore Thomas
The following image contains the hind leg of a bear, a mountain lion, and a horse:
Despite the vast differences between these different mammals, the structure of the hip and leg bones follows the exact same structural pattern. What does this imply about the evolution of these 3 species?
These species all live in the same habitat
These species have a common ancestor
These species all evolved at the same time
These species demonstrate convergent evolution
What advantage did the development of bipedalism most likely confer to early hominids?
It allowed them to see with binocular vision.
It allowed them to evolve an opposable thumb.
It allowed them to evolve a complex social structure.
It allowed them to move and hold objects at the same time.
Which of the following correctly summarizes the overall skull size trend in hominid evolution?
The lower jaw size decreased as the brain size increased
The brain size decreased as the lower jaw size increased
The upper jaw size decreased as the brain size increased
The brain size decreased as the upper jaw size increased
Which species name meaning “handyman” was given to a set of hominid fossils found near a large collection of stone tools?
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
Australopithecus
Over thousands of years, humans have bred dogs from their wolf ancestors. What is the term for this process when we breed the dogs for traits that we find useful?
Natural selection
Behavioral selection
Sexual selection
Selective breeding or artificial selection
Which of the following best identifies a possible cause and effect of genetic drift?
A hurricane sweeps over a barrier island, killing many of the white herons that live there. By chance, more gray herons survive. Over time, only gray herons can be found on the island.
A variety of python that has been introduced into the Everglades begins to mate and create a wider gene pool that strengthens the python population.
Many deer in a forest are killed by wolves. Deer with darker hides can blend into the background and are more likely to survive than deer with light hides.
Wind blows pollen from a field of white corn to the other side of a highway where it drifts into a field of blue corn. Over time, the farmer finds an increasing number of plants growing white and blue speckled cobs.
Which term is considered a taxon?
Kingdom
Phylum
Domain
Genus
What order does the insect fall under?
Order Araneae
Order Scorpiones
Order Insecta
Order Ambiypygi
Bilateral or Radial Symmetry?
Bilateral
Radial
Bilateral or Radial Symmetry?
Bilateral Symmetry
Radial Symmetry
What phylum?
Mollusca
Chordata
Porifera
Cnidaria
What phylum?
Mollusca
Chordata
Cnidaria
Porifera
Who develop the two-name system or binomial nomenclature that is used to classify organisms?
Carli Linneaus
Charles Darwin
Mathias Schleiden
Rosalind Franklin
I have root hairs, no vascular tissue, my spores are in capsules at the end of my stalk, and I have simple leaves and stems. What phylum am I?
Bryophytes
Filicinophytes
Coniferophytes
Angiospermophytes
I have vascular tissue, woody stems, my seeds develop from ovules in the ovaries,and I'm a flowering plant. What phylum am I?
Bryophytes
Angiospermophytes
Coniferophytes
Filicinophytes
I have vascular tissue, roots, leaves divided into leaflets, non woody stems, and spores on the underside of my leaves. What phylum am I?
Bryophytes
Filicinophytes
Coniferophytes
Angiospermophytes
I have vascular tissue, roots, woody stems, my leaves are narrow with a waxy cuticle, and my seeds develop from the female cones. What phylum am I?
Coniferophytes
Bryophytes
Filicinophytes
Angiospermophytes
