WorksheetsEvolution Test Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
The process by which animals or plants are bred for specific traits or a specific outcom
Natural Slection
Selective Breeding
Evolution
Random Mating
Which type of rock do most scientists find evidence for evolution?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Molten
Change in the hereditary features of a type of organism over time is known as what?
Evolution
Growth
Biogenesis
Spontaneous Generation
Scientists use radiometric and carbon dating to find the age of fossils based on an element's half life, which is known as what?
Relative age
Absolute age
Experimental Age
Timed Age
In the phrase "survival of the fittest," what does the term "fittest" refer to?
The best adapted organisms
The biggest organisms
The smartest organisms
The fastest organisms
When an individual has a trait that helps it survive in an environment, the trait is a
Speciation
Preferential
Adaptation
Neutral
What part of the Galapagos finches appear to have been most modified by natural selection?
Beaks
Webbed Feet
Wings
Color of Eyes
Which is an example of environmental pressure?
Tire pressure
Fight between 2 members of the same species
Lack of resources, predator, or natural disaster
Breeding between 2 members of the same species
A trait that makes an individual successful in its environment is known as a/an
Evolution
Wings
Natural Selection
Adaptation
Scientists found a fossil and knew it was younger than another fossil because its location in layers. This is...
Relative Dating
Absolute Dating
Scientists tested a fossil and discovered it is 80 million years old. Which form of dating is this?
Relative Dating
Absolute Dating
What is the best explanation as to why there are more giraffes with long necks than short necks?
They kept stretching their necks
Longer necks were better adapted
Lions prefer to eat short-necked giraffes
Giraffes with short necks have great camouflage and we just can't see them
What does natural selection cause?
changes in the environment
organisms that produce more offspring that can survive
changes in the frequency of certain adaptations in a population
genetic variation within populations
In undisturbed areas, younger rock layers lie _____ older rock layers
Below
Above
In between
On the same level
