Worksheets10 Evolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
What do you call a characteristic that allows an organism to survive in an environment?
variation
adaptation
selection
overproduction
Stephen Hawking
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Because they just are
Because they are pretty
Because they are the cutest
Mutations are a change in what?
DNA
food
genotype
phenotype
Generations of a species that are farther apart from each other look the most different.
Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce
better looking kids
food
more offspring
fewer mutations
a change of an organism over time is
evolution
generation
phenotype
genetic engineering
This is an ecological relationship in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource. e.g. water/food
Adaptation
Competition
Evolution
Natural selection
What is evolution?
no more individuals of a species left
development of a species over time
differences in characteristics
the remains of plants and animals
What is variation?
no more individuals of a species left
development of a species over time
differences in characteristics
the remains of plants and animals
What is a fossil?
no more individuals of a species left
development of a species over time
differences in characteristics
the remains of plants and animals
What is extinction?
no more individuals of a species left
development of a species over time
differences in characteristics
the remains of plants and animals
Which two of the following answers are reasons species become extinct
destruction of habitat
gene banks
disease
biodiversity
What feature of the pepper moth evolved to allow them to survive when tree bark got darker?
size of wings
size of antenna
colour of the wings
pattern on the wings
Why did giraffes evolve to have long necks?
to reach water holes
to reach leaves on tree branches
to attract mates
