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Evolution Unit Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT one of Charles Darwin's key principles?

a)

Isolation

b)

Overproduction

c)

Selection

d)

Variation

2.

Which time period of Earth did NOT have dinosaurs alive?

a)

Triassic

b)

Jurassic

c)

Permian

d)

Cretaceous

3.

Since all three structures are similar, but different, these organisms have what in common?

a)

Environment

b)

Ancestors

c)

Food supply

d)

Variation

4.

Charles Darwin's key principle that organisms in a group will be different genetically

a)

Overproduction

b)

Variation

c)

Adaptation

d)

Selection

5.

In which time period are we currently living?

a)

Precambrian Time

b)

Paleozoic Era

c)

Mesozoic Era

d)

Cenozoic Era

6.

Q. 

In what time period did Pangaea, the super continent, appear?

a)

Precambrian

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic

7.

What are fossils that are abundant, easily recognizable, short lived, and widespread called?

a)

Preserved Fossils

b)

Index Fossils

c)

Imprints

d)

Radioactive dating

8.

The Law of Superposition states

a)

Younger rocks layers are on top of older rock layers

b)

Fossils are found in sedimentary rocks

c)

Older rock layers are on top of younger rock layers

d)

Absolute age dating

9.

Which era was the longest, taking up 88% of geologic time?

a)

Precambrian

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic

10.

Darwin collected most of his observations at which islands?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Galapagos

c)

Keenan

d)

Indonesia

11.

Which fossil would make the best index fossil?

a)

Beetle

b)

Flower

c)

Frog

d)

Fish

12.

What two methods are used for determining the age of rocks and fossils?

a)

Spatial and Layered Dating

b)

Sedimentary and Igneous Rocks

c)

Carbon and Water Dating

d)

Relative and Absolute Dating

13.

Use relative age dating to put the rock layers in correct order from oldest to youngest.

a)

B, D, A, E, C

b)

C, E, D, A, B

c)

A, C, E, D, B

d)

C, E, D, B, A

14.

Occurs when all members of a species have died.

a)

plague

b)

extinction

c)

Stranger Things

d)

Covid 19

15.

a scientist who studies fossils

a)

biologist

b)

paleontologist

c)

anthropologist

d)

Coach Usher

16.

change in living things over time

a)

organism

b)

extinction

c)

evolution

d)

anatomy

17.

a trait that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce

a)

Traits

b)

Inheritance

c)

Genetics

d)

Adaption

18.

What Artificial selection and how it affects humans?

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19.

What are fossils?

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20.

What is the process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do?

a)

Evolution

b)

Artificial selection

c)

Natural selection

d)

Henderson Middle