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Evolution Practice Quiz #1

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a useless structure called?
a)
homologous
b)
vestigial
c)
adaptation
d)
variation
2.
What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?
a)
DNA studies
b)
embryology 
c)
extinction
d)
fossil record
3.
What is this an example of?
a)
vestigial structures
b)
embryology
c)
homologous structures
d)
fossil record
4.
What is this an example of?
a)
vestigial structures
b)
fossil record
c)
homologous structures
d)
embryology
5.
Remains of ancient organisms are called
a)
Extinctions
b)
Fossils
c)
Mutations
d)
Variations
6.

What is suggested by the anatomical similarity of different species of vertebrates?

a)

no evolutionary relationships between the groups

b)

recent common ancestry

c)

similar environments in the past

d)

evolution from a distant common ancestor

7.
Two organisms that are closely related would have
a)
very similar DNA sequence
b)
exactly the same DNA sequences
c)
no proteins in common
d)
completely different DNA sequence
8.
Which layer is the oldest
a)
B
b)
A
c)
E
d)
C
9.
Scientists use unstable elements that decay, called _________ elements, to determine the actual age of a fossil.
a)
radioactive
b)
cation
c)
anion
d)
petrified 
10.

What was Pangaea?

a)

An extinct species of fish

b)

A super-continent (all the continents connected)

c)

A large desert that covered all of Africa at one point

d)

A layer of rock in the rock record from 3.4 million years ago

11.

How does Pangaea support the Theory of Evolution? Select all that apply

a)

It provides an explanation for why similar fossils are found on different continents

b)

The movement of continents provides an example of a big change in environment that would cause evolutionary pressures that would drive species to evolve

c)

It explains how the planet became warmer over the years

d)

It provides evidence that continents are growing in size slowly

12.
Which statement does not accurately describe natural selection?
a)
Individual organisms change their genes to adapt to their environment
b)
The genetic composition of a population changes from one generation to the next
c)
More advantageous traits become more common in population
d)
Beneficial and useful traits are inheritable
13.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
14.

If an organism is found on every continent, this implies that

a)

It is wicked cool

b)

It evolved after the breakup of pangaea

c)

it evolved before the breakup of pangaea

d)

it is really sad that pangaea broke up with its significant other