Font size
WorksheetsTheory of Evolution Quiz
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
When did Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution formulate in his mind?
while he was still a student
before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S Beagle
During his voyage on H.M.S Beagle, and after he reached the Galapagos Islands
while writing the On the Origin of Species
The theory of use and disuse was introduced by:
Lamarck
Darwin
Bonnet
Buffon
Organisms that inherit favorable traits survive and reproduce more successfully than others. This process is
natural selection
genetic variation
adaptation
evolution
_______ believed that organisms develop traits needed for survival and that traits that were unused would become weaker and gradually disappear.
Darwin
Lamarck
Buffon
Bonnet
____________ believed that those organisms that were best suited for their environment would survive and pass on their beneficial traits to their offspring.
Darwin
Lamarck
Bonnet
Buffon
What is another name for natural selection?
survival of the smartest
survival of the fastest
survival of the biggest
survival of the fittest
According to the theory of natural selection, some individuals are more likely to survive and reproduce than others because they:
pass on to their offspring their newly acquired traits
are better adapted to their environment than others and will pass on those adaptations to future offspring.
do not pass on newly acquired traits
produce fewer offspring than others in the same environment
Which of the following ideas were proposed by Lamarck. More than one answer may be correct. Mark all that apply.
use and disuse of structures
natural selection
struggle for existence
inheritance of acquired characters
According to theory of transformation, the organs and limbs that utilize more frequently for their survival will _______.
enhanced
shrink
becomes vestiges
decrease in number
