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Evolution - 7th Period

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?

a)

Evolution

b)

Variation

c)

Adaptation

d)

Natural Selection

2.

What are the evidences of Evolution?

a)

Fossil Records

b)

Embryology

c)

Similar Body Structure

d)

All of the Above

3.

Who is the father of Evolution?

a)

Darwin

b)

Mendel

c)

Newton

d)

Einstein

4.

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

a)

Their Feathers

b)

Their Eyes

c)

Their Beaks

d)

Their Body Size

5.

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

a)

Extinction

b)

Adaptation

c)

Fossilization

d)

Mutation

6.

What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environment?

a)

Variation

b)

Respiratory

c)

Adaptation

d)

Homologous Structure

7.

What is another name for Natural Selection?

a)

Survival of the Fittest

b)

Selection Natural

c)

Survival of the Smartest

8.

Which is the layer that contains the newest fossils?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

9.

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

a)

Environment

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Extinction

d)

Artificial Selection

10.

The preserved remains or physical evidence of an organism that lived in the past are called fossils.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which beneficial variation would be most helpful in a desert environment?

a)

White Fur

b)

Claws for Burrowing

c)

Green and Black Camoflauge

d)

None

12.

Change Over Time

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Selective Breeding

c)

Homeostasis

d)

Evolution

13.

Which of these best represents a time period in which an organism could evolve?

a)

3 Days

b)

100 Years

c)

The Whole Summer

d)

10,000 Years

14.

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

a)

Variation

b)

Adaptation

c)

Behavior

d)

Environment

15.

The long and sharp beak of a woodpecker is an example of Selective Breeding

a)

False

b)

True

16.

What does Darwin's Theory of Evolution Suggest?

a)

Species change over time

b)

Extinct species are not related to living species

c)

Different species can Interbreed

d)

Animals that look alike are most closely related

17.

Natural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn't

a)

Years

b)

Humans

c)

Nature

d)

Animlas