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10 Evolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call a characteristic that allows an organism to survive in an environment?

a)

variation

b)

adaptation

c)

selection

d)

overproduction

2.
Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Albert Einstein
c)

Stephen Hawking

d)
Isaac Newton
3.
What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?
a)
To look different from other species.
b)
To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
c)
To protect itself against predators.
d)
To protect itself against prey.
4.

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

a)

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

b)

Because they just are

c)

Because they are pretty

d)

Because they are the cutest

5.

Mutations are a change in what?

a)

DNA

b)

food

c)

genotype

d)

phenotype

6.
True or False?
Generations of a species that are farther apart from each other look the most different.
a)
True
b)
False
7.

Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce

a)

better looking kids

b)

food

c)

more offspring

d)

fewer mutations

8.
What would indicate that a series of fossils represent evolution?
a)
the fossils were identical
b)
the fossils were found in the same layers of rock
c)
the fossils show similarities
d)
the fossils were completely different
9.

a change of an organism over time is

a)

evolution

b)

generation

c)

phenotype

d)

genetic engineering

10.
What animal is Darwin known for studying?
a)
dinosaurs
b)
tunicates
c)
finches
d)
horses
11.
The surroundings and conditions in which an organism lives and operates.
a)
Evolution
b)
Population
c)
Environment
d)
Biological diversity
12.
The death of every member of a species.
a)
Competition
b)
Population
c)
Extinction
d)
Evidence
13.

This is an ecological relationship in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource. e.g. water/food

a)

Adaptation

b)

Competition

c)

Evolution

d)

Natural selection

14.

What is evolution?

a)

no more individuals of a species left

b)

development of a species over time

c)

differences in characteristics

d)

the remains of plants and animals

15.

What is variation?

a)

no more individuals of a species left

b)

development of a species over time

c)

differences in characteristics

d)

the remains of plants and animals

16.

What is a fossil?

a)

no more individuals of a species left

b)

development of a species over time

c)

differences in characteristics

d)

the remains of plants and animals

17.

What is extinction?

a)

no more individuals of a species left

b)

development of a species over time

c)

differences in characteristics

d)

the remains of plants and animals

18.

Which two of the following answers are reasons species become extinct

a)

destruction of habitat

b)

gene banks

c)

disease

d)

biodiversity

19.

What feature of the pepper moth evolved to allow them to survive when tree bark got darker?

a)

size of wings

b)

size of antenna

c)

colour of the wings

d)

pattern on the wings

20.

Why did giraffes evolve to have long necks?

a)

to reach water holes

b)

to reach leaves on tree branches

c)

to attract mates