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Evolution and Inheritance End of Unit Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Adaptation in relation to animals is...

a)

How an animal adapts to survive in its environment

b)

What an animal eats

c)

How an animal breeds

d)

How animals manage to eat more than one type of food

2.

Evolution in relation to animals is...

a)

The different things animals eat

b)

How animals have evolved over time into different species

c)

How to classify different animals

d)

How animals have learnt to eat other animals

3.

Inheritance in relation to animals is...

a)

How animals behave in an environment.

b)

What animals do to survive in an environment.

c)

What animals like to eat.

d)

Certain things that animals get from their parents.

4.

How has a polar bear adapted to live in the Arctic? Tick one or more that you think are correct.

a)

It has thick white fur to keep it warm.

b)

It can swim

c)

It is a mammal

d)

it is warm blooded

5.

Why is adaptation important for animals?

a)

So they can live in a range of different habitats

b)

So they can have more young

c)

So they don't get scared by humans

d)

so they can live in groups

6.

Which famous person discovered the theory of evolution?

a)

Carl Linnaeus

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

David Attenborough

d)

Chris Packham

7.

Evolution is linked to how new species have evolved whereas adaptation is how species adapt to live in different environments.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which of these did you not inherit from your parents?

a)

Hair colour

b)

Height

c)

Weight

d)

Eye Colour

9.

Can you inherit a sense of humour from your parents?

a)

Yes

b)

No

10.

Which of these could a tiger cub inherit from its parents?

a)

Where it lives when it is older.

b)

How it hunts.

c)

What the best food is to eat.

d)

Colour of its fur.

11.
Magda is a tall, 11 year old drummer. She has a scar on her right cheek. She is good at swimming. Which of her traits did Magda most likely inherit?
a)
height
b)
the scar
c)
ability to swim
d)
ability to play drums
12.

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

a)

Beaks

b)

Feathers

c)

Colour

d)

Body size

13.

What are fossils?

a)

Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

b)

Is the change over time in populations of related organisms

c)

A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units

d)

Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

14.

How do bones become fossils?

a)

The bones dry off

b)

An animal eats it

c)

The bones get buried under leaves

d)

Bones need to be covered deep in sand/mud (100's of feet) then bone turns into stone

15.
How do fossils provide evidence that evolution has happened on Earth?
a)
Fossils show how the sizes of certain animals has changed drastically over millions of years
b)
Fossils show that some species have gone extinct
c)
Fossils show how life forms present today are different than those from the past
d)
Different sedimentary rock layers provide evidence for how the environment has changed over time