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Evolution review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of Dwain's book that explained his theory of Evolution

a)

On Natural Selection

b)

The Survival of the Fittest

c)

On the Origin of Species

d)

Why Lamarck was Wrong

2.

Body parts that are similar in structure and position but different in function

a)

vestigial structures

b)

analogous structures

c)

homologous structures

3.

Body parts that have lost their original function through evolution

a)

vestigial structures

b)

analogous structures

c)

homologous structures

4.

Body parts that are similar in function but different in structure

a)

vestigial structures

b)

analogous structures

c)

homologous structures

5.

An inherited trait that helps those organisms that have it to survive.

a)
niche
b)
structure
c)
characteristic
d)
adaptation
6.

What causes a new trait/phenotype to appear in a population?

a)

Competition and necessity

b)
Mutation
c)

Speciation

d)
Fitness
7.

The ABILITY of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment

a)

Adaptation

b)

fitness

c)

Mutation

d)

Natural Selection

8.

The process where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
9.

How do you "win" at natural selection?

a)

survive

b)

go extinct

c)

survive & reproduce

10.
Change over time
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Selective Breeding
c)
Homeostasis
d)
Evolution
11.

The name of Darwin's ship?

a)

The HMS Beagle

b)

The HMS Beetles

c)

The Titanic

d)

The Mayflower

12.

Which scientist proposed the theory of evolution?

a)

Alfred Russell Wallace

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Alfred Russell Wallace and Charles Darwin both independently came up with the theory of evolution. However, Darwin had been developing his ideas for longer and his work was more comprehensive.

13.
A population of peppered moths with a dark grey variation and a light grey variation lives in light colored birch forest. It is hunted by sight. Which statement is most likely true?
a)
there are equal number of light and dark grey peppered moths in the population
b)
more light grey moths survive than dark grey moths
c)
more dark grey moths survive than light grey moths
d)
all peppered moths will be eaten before they can reproduce
14.
According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, the individuals that tend to survive are those that have
a)
characteristics their parents acquired by use and disuse.
b)
the greatest number of offspring.
c)
characteristics that plant and animal breeders value.
d)
variations best suited to the environment.
15.
Comparing two individuals of a species, evolutionary “fitness” would be best measured by which of the following?
a)
the length and width of the individuals
b)
the number of offspring
c)
the mass of the food eaten in its life
d)
the mass of the individuals