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Evolution Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
2.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
3.
Natural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn't
a)
nature
b)
humans
c)
animals
d)
years
4.
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
5.
Change over time
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Selective Breeding
c)
Homeostasis
d)
Evolution
6.
Which best describes mutations?
a)
Always helpful
b)
Always harmful
c)
Can be helpful or harmful
d)
Always neutral
7.
Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry
a)
vestigial structures
b)
homologous structures
c)
adaptive radiation
d)
fossil
8.
Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development
a)
natural selection
b)
embryology
c)
speciation
d)
evolution
9.
The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?
a)
Fossil A and C are the same age
b)
Fossil B is older than fossil C
c)
Fossils A is older than fossil B
d)
Fossil D is older than fossil C
10.
What does Darwin's theory of evolution suggest?
a)
species change over time
b)
extinct species are not related to living species
c)
different species can interbreed
d)
animals that look alike are most closely related
11.
What type of structures are these?
a)
homologous
b)
vestigial 
c)
analogous
d)
fossil
12.
Which of these best represents a time period in which an organism could evolve?
a)
5 days
b)
100 years
c)
10,000 years
d)
2 decades
13.

Whales are aquatic mammals that contain a pelvis (hip) bone. Even though it does not aid in its movement, the function must have been used by a common ancestor of the whale. Thus, the pelvis is referred to as a(n)

a)

vestigial structure

b)

analogous structure

c)

homologous structure

14.
A theory has significant evidence to support it.  True or False
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Where humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction 
d)
Artificial Selection
16.
Genetic differences between organisms of the same species
a)
Variation
b)
Adaptation
c)
Behavior
d)
Environment
17.
The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)
a)
change
b)
adaption
c)
species
d)
variation
18.
The long and sharp beak of a woodpecker is an example of:
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Selective Breeding
19.
An error in DNA copying that results in a new trait
a)
Homeostasis
b)
Mutation
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Selective Breeding
20.
This scientist came up with the idea of natural selection.
a)
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
b)
Gregor Mendel
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Thomas Malthus
21.
Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.
a)
Fossil
b)
Adaptation
c)
Ancestor
d)
Natural selection
22.
Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?
a)
the wings of a red-tailed hawk
b)
the hind limbs of a house cat
c)
the fins of sharks
d)
the tailbone of a human
23.
Ostrich wings are examples of
a)
homologous structures
b)
vestigial structures
c)
adaptations
d)
traits
24.
Why do embryologist study embryos?
a)
to see if they are related
b)
to understand adaptations
c)
to determine the age
d)
to learn what parents are vestigial
25.
What is embryology?
a)
the age of organisms
b)
the oldest stage of development
c)
the life span of an organism
d)
the earliest growth stage of development
26.
When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....
a)
Adaption
b)
Extinction
c)
Fossilization
d)
Mutation
27.
Two organisms that are closely related would have
a)
very similar DNA sequence
b)
exactly the same DNA sequences
c)
no proteins in common
d)
completely different DNA sequence
28.

What

type

of structure?

a)

Homologous

b)

Analogous

c)

Embryological

d)

Vestigial

29.

What

type

of structure?

a)

Homologous

b)

Analogous

c)

Embryological

d)

Vestigial

30.

What

type

of structure?

a)

Homologous

b)

Analogous

c)

Embryological

d)

Vestigial

31.
Lamarck's theory of acquired characteristics is based on 
a)
Turtles 
b)
Finches 
c)
Giraffes 
d)
Fish
32.
The idea of acquired characteristics says that _________
a)
organisms can grow a super long leg in their life time and pass it down to their off spring 
b)
organisms can evolve 
c)
Organisms die over 5 years 
d)
Organisms can acquire a characteristics and pass it down to offspring 
33.

An organisms with the “best” traits (adaptations) will live longer and

reproduce more than others, causing changes in the population over time by acting on traits that are heritable

a)

Evolution

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Fitness

d)

Variation

34.

Body part you have that use to have a purpose but now has little or no function

a)

vestigial organ

b)

embryology

c)

homologous structures

35.

When living organisms that are not closely related have very similar DNA bases it means they had a common ancestor

a)

biomechanical evidence

b)

embryology

c)

fossil record

d)

homologous structures

36.

The more offspring an organism has the greater the odds that a few of them will survive, reproduce and pass on those traits

a)

overproduction

b)

variation

c)

selection

d)

adaptation

37.

Any random change in the sequence of an organisms DNA is a(n)...

a)

homologous trait

b)

analogous trait

c)

vestigial trait

d)

mutation

38.

Evolution can only happen in individuals (instead of populations of organisms).

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Evolution only happens in populations of organisms (rather than individuals).

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Evolution happens in both whole populations of organisms and single individuals.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Which of the following describes what is meant by Natural Selection?

a)

An organism will survive no matter what its adaptations may be

b)

An organism with adaptations that do not allow it to reproduce as effectively as others will survive.

c)

An organism with adaptations that allow it to obtain resources and reproduce more effectively than others will survive.

d)

No organisms will survive.

42.
Which best describes an adaptation?
a)
A trait that helps an organism to survive in its environment.
b)
A trait that the organism can change when he wants.
c)
A trait that does not help the organism to survive in its environment.
d)
The place where an organism lives.

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