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Evolution Test Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who developed the theory of evolution?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Mike Tyson

c)

George Washington

d)

Patton Manning

2.
When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....
a)
Adaption
b)
Extinction
c)
Fossilization
d)
Mutation
3.
In the graph shown, how many species of lizards seem to have beneficial adaptations?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
4.
What do we call similar physical structures that indicate a link to a common ancestor?
a)
absolute dating
b)
adaptations
c)
gradualism
d)
homologous structures
5.
The preserved remains or physical evidence of an organism that lived in the past are called...
a)
evolutionary features
b)
fossils
c)
mutations
d)
variations
6.
What does this picture model?
a)
DNA structure of the horse
b)
Evolution of the horse
c)
Extinction of the horse
d)
Singular traite of the horse
7.
What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were differnt from the finches living on the South American mainland?
a)
They were different types of food available on the island.
b)
The finches on the islands had to drink salt water.
c)
There were different types of predators living on the island.
d)
The finches on the mainland built different types of nests.
8.
What is it called when an organism is best adapted to its environment, it will survive and reproduce more successfully than other organisms less adapted?
a)
cloning
b)
evolution of all species
c)
natural selection
d)
selective breeding
9.
Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.
a)
Fossil
b)
Adaptation
c)
Ancestor
d)
Natural selection
10.
Survival of the fittest or when favorable adaptations reproduce faster is called what?
a)
Evolution
b)
Adaptation
c)
Natural selection
d)
Fossilization
11.
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
12.

What do we call a change in a species over time?

a)

Adaptation

b)

Evolution

c)

Extinction

d)

Environmental influences

13.
Which layer is oldest?
a)
A
b)
W
c)
G
d)
Z
14.
The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called
a)
genes.
b)
variations.
c)
traits.
d)
theories.
15.

A yellow morph and green morph of an insect lives in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:

a)

the green population to increase and the yellow to decrease

b)

both populations should stay the same

c)

both populations will increase

d)

the green population to decrease and the yellow to increaseThis is a wrong answer

16.

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 organism knew it needed that trait, survives, and passes it on.

17.
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
18.
What does the image represent?
a)
Founder effect
b)
Bottleneck effect
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Mutations
19.

Replication is when one scientist

a)

copies another scientist's experiment.

b)

laughs at another scientist's experiment.

c)

repeats their own experiment several times.

d)

clones another scientist.

20.

Repetition is when one scientist

a)

copies another scientist's experiment.

b)

bumps into another scientists.

c)

repeats their own experiment several times.

d)

clones a T. rex.

21.

Ms. Watson has been reading about another scientist’s research in a physics journal. She plans to do these experiments herself and see if she gets the same result. This is an example of what?

a)

Repetition

b)

Replication

22.

Nicki Minaj goes to Silver River each week for 4 weeks and collects 5 samples of water to test the pH. What is this an example of?

a)

Repetition

b)

Replication

c)

Cleopatra

23.

Wiz Khalifa was mixing a batch of glue and borax solution to make silly putty and discovered a new substance that glows in the dark. He gave Cardi B his specific amounts of ingredients and the steps of his procedure. He asked Cardi B to try the experiment to see if she gets the same results. This is an example of what?

a)

repetition

b)

replication

c)

Wiz's teardrop tattoo

24.
What is a structure that is similar across species?
a)
vestigial
b)
homologous
c)
adaptaion
d)
variation
25.
What is this an example of?
a)
vestigial structures
b)
embryology
c)
homologous structures
d)
fossil record
26.
What is this an example of?
a)
vestigial structures
b)
fossil record
c)
homologous structures
d)
embryology
27.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
28.

A custodian notices some dirty tables and wants to know which cleaner is the best to use. He tests three different cleaners and looks at how well they clean compared to tap water. What is the independent variable?

a)

type of cleaner

b)

tap water

29.

An experiment is being done to determine how light affects the growth of small zinnia plants. One plant is placed in full sunlight, the second in a shaded area, the third in an unlit closet. What is the independent variable in the experiment?

a)

the amount of light

b)

plant in the closet

30.
A(n) _____________ variable depends on or is changed by another variable.
a)
dependent
b)
independent
31.
Steve wanted to see if the type of fertilizer made sunflowers grow larger. What is the dependent variable 
a)
Type of fertilizer
b)
Size of sunflower
c)
Type of sunflower
32.
Robert wanted to know if the type of phone you used gave you better or worse service. What is the dependent variable. 
a)
Location of phone call
b)
Type of phone
c)
How good or bad the service was
33.
A(n) ______ is a representation of an idea or process.
a)
argument
b)
experiment
c)
model
d)
observation
34.

Which of these is not a model?

a)

a hot wheels/match box car

b)

a Princess Leia action figure

c)

an eighteen-wheeler (semi-truck)

d)

a diagram of the inner workings of a clock

35.

Models can be helpful in scientific investigations because

a)

It may not be possible to work safely with the real thing.

b)

They can be smaller and easier to study than the real thing.

c)

They can be larger and easier to examine than the real thing.

d)

all of these answers are correct.

36.

Which of the statements are INCORRECT about models.

a)

Models must be exactly like what is being modeled.

b)

Models communicate information.

c)

Models can be modified and improved.

d)

Models can be drawings with labels.

37.

Which of these will be more successful in a cold region with NO snow? (think about the color that will be warmer)

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.

Models are used to better explain and understand a complex thing.

a)

True

b)

False

39.
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
a)
increase in number
b)
become extinct

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