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Natural selection recap

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do you "win" at natural selection?

a)

survive

b)

go extinct

c)

survive & reproduce

2.
Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Steven Hawking
d)
Isaac Newton
3.

What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

a)

natural selection

b)

mutation

c)

camouflage

d)

adaptation

4.

Natural Selection is driven by a change in the environment and survival of the...

a)

Earth

b)

Fastest

c)

Fittest

d)

Biggest

5.
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
6.
The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?
a)
Dark moth
b)
Light moth
c)
Both will be equally successful
d)
Neither will be successful
7.
Why is the mouse population changing over time?
a)
The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
b)
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
c)
The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
d)
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily
8.
Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?
a)
Yes, they know they need to change to survive 
b)
No, they change because of natural selection
9.
Almost all adaptations started off as?
a)
selective breeding
b)
physiological
c)
structural
d)
mutation
10.
In recent years "SuperBugs" (bacteria that aren't effected by antibiotics) are becoming more and more common. How could natural selection explain this?
a)
Superbugs survive antibiotics and reproduce
b)
Antibiotics cause bacteria to become superbugs
c)
We have always had the same amount of superbugs; modern media just discusses them more.
d)
There is no reliable data on the origin of super bugs.
11.

Humans have been a very successful species on earth.  They have very large, very diverse populations spread all around the world. This means that...

a)

Human have very limited ability to adapt to changes in the environment.

b)

Young humans have lower survival rates as compared to other species.

c)

Humans have a potential to adapt to various environmental changes.

d)

All humans are more disease resistant.

12.
Evolution works by 
a)

individuals changing to suit their environment

b)

Individuals learned new traits and pass them on

c)

sudden change in the environment cause a species change 

d)

small changes pass down through many generations via genes

13.

In a cold environment what are some traits/adaptations that could increase fitness? Select all that apply.

a)

thick blubber

b)

thick fur

c)

thin fur

d)

wings

14.

What is a trait?

a)

a color

b)

the quality or characteristic of an organism

c)

the DNA of an organism

d)

when mutations cause extra limbs

15.

It is generally accepted that species today have arisen by changes over very long periods of time from ANCESTRAL forms of life. This is called...

a)

natural selection

b)

survival of the fittest

c)

adaptations

d)

evolution

16.

When writing about an adaptation developing through natural selection, you can use VASRO as a way to structure- what does it stand for?

a)

Mr. VASRO came up with the theory of evolution

b)

V- variation

A- advantageous trait

S- state (consequences of different traits)

R- reproduce and pass on...

O- over and over generations

c)

V- variation

A- a mutation

S- selection

R- respiration

O- organism