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Intro session 4

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What analogy did the video about the evolution of viruses make about viruses and the "Tree of Life"?

a)

The virus is a vine

b)

The virus is a worm

c)

The virus is a flower of the tree

d)

The virus is an axe

e)

None of these

2.
what did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?
a)

different species on different islands

b)

all species on one of the islands

c)

identical species on all the islands

d)

the same species as North America

e)

None of these

3.

Which statement is true comparing natural selection and artificial selection?

a)

In natural selection, traits benefit humans and in artificial selection, the traits benefit the species

b)

In natural selection, traits benefit the species and humans

c)

In natural and artificial selection, the process takes hundreds of years to occur

d)

In natural and artificial selection, nature determines what traits will be passed down to offspring.

e)

None of these

4.
What is a species? 
a)

A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. 

b)

A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring even if those offspring are infertile.

c)

A group of organisms that genetically are very different from each other. 

d)

Indivual organisms that live in the same environment. 

e)

None of these

5.
The most recent ancestral form or species from which two different species evolved is known as ________________________.
a)

a common ancestor.

b)

an embryonic stage.

c)

development.

d)

evolution.

e)

a hybrid

6.

Which of the following is the importance of Tiktaalik

a)

Its location of discovery was predicted by the Theory of Evolution

b)

It is the common ancestor of Humans, Reptiles, and Fish

c)

It has bones in its limbs that are similar to those found in humans

d)

It was the first vertebrate known to walk on land

e)

None of these

7.

Whales, sharks, ichthyosaurs, and penguins all have streamlined bodies and fins/flippers for moving in water even though they belong in different classes of animals (mammals, fish, and birds) is an example of

a)

Convergent evolution

b)

Divergent evolution

c)

Coevolution

d)

Mutation

e)

Competition

8.

Optional

How good a job did Bill Gates do in 2015 in predicting the impact of a disease like COVID19?

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