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WorksheetsTopic 8
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is an inherited behavior or physical change that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
adaptation
variation
evolution
species
Which variation would be helpful to almost any creature, regardless of its environment?
the ability to swim deeper
patterns on its body that help it hide
the ability to produce energy more efficiently
bigger claws and teeth
Evidence supporting biological evolution is found in the fossil record and in ___.
adaptations to changing environments
similar anatomies and embryos
offspring with various traits
layers of sediment
What causes variations in traits like hair color, eye color, and height?
competition
offspring
alleles
fitness
What scientist wrote "The Origin of Species"?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Charles Lyell
Mary Anning
Charles Darwin
Tonya watches a hummingbird hover around a petunia flower. He remembers that when two species interact with each other closely, such as hummingbirds and flowers do, they can affect one another’s evolution. Which of these is an example of coevolution?
ticks draw blood from a deer and can travel from host to host
female seahorses lay eggs and the male seahorses carry the eggs
bumblebees eat the nectar from flowers and then spread the pollen
mountain goats evolved hooves that spread apart and have pointed edges in front so they can climb and live on steep cliffs
Which is an example of a trace fossil?
megalodon tooth
mosquito trapped in amber
t-rex skull
1,000-year-old turtle droppings
What three factors affect the process of natural selection?
variation, competition, and mutation
competition, evolution, and overproduction
overproduction, variation, and competition
mutation, evolution, and extinction
Which scientist reconstructed the bodies of fossilized animals?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Charles Lyell
Mary Anning
Charles Darwin
Gene flow can increase the genetic variation of a population.
True
False
