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Evolution (2022) - Quiz 4

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mark the correct statemen

a)

Homo erectus lived in east and central Asia and used hides to protect their bodies

b)

Agriculture came around 18000 years back

c)

The skull of modern human resembles more closely to baby chimpanzee than to adult chimpanzee

d)

All of these

2.

The most apparent change during the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens is traced in

a)

Loss of body hair

b)

Walking upright

c)

Shortening of the jaws

d)

Remarkable increase in the brain size

3.

Darwin believed that a giraffe has a long neck because

a)

a creator designed it that way

b)

catastyrophes eliminated short-necked forms

c)

its ancestors stretched their necks to get food

d)

ancestral giraffes with slightly longer necks than other got more food and left more surviving offspring

4.

Biogenetic law as given by Haeckel states that

a)

ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

b)

phylogeny recapitulates ontogeny

c)

ontogeny and phylogeny go together

d)

there is no relationship between phylogeny and ontogeny.

5.

Evolution of different species in a given area starting from a point and spreading to other geographical areas is known as :

a)

Adaptive radiation

b)

Natural selection

c)

Migration

d)

Divergent evolution

6.

The neanderthals can be attributed with all of the following characteristics, except

a)

Cranial capacity almost equivalent to modern man

b)

Burial customs

c)

Cave-painting

d)

use of spears as weapon

7.

The first human-like hominid was called

a)

Homo habilis

b)

Homo erectus

c)

Homo sapiens

d)

Dryopithecus

8.

Persons suffering from sickle cell anaemia trait normally do not suffer from

a)

Cholera

b)

Malaria

c)

High blood pressure

d)

Hepatitis

9.

Which of the following had the smallest brain capacity?

a)

Homo neanderthalensis

b)

Homo habilis

c)

Homo erectus

d)

Homo sapiens

10.

Which is the most common mechanism of genetic variation in the population of a sexually reproducing organism?

a)

Genetic drift

b)

Recombination

c)

Transduction

d)

Chromosomal aberrations