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WorksheetsAdaptations and Natural Selections
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is another name for natural selection?
a)
survival of the smartest
b)
survival of the fastest
c)
survival of the biggest
d)
survival of the fittest
2.
What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?
a)
homologous
b)
vestigial
c)
variation
d)
adaptation
3.
When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called
a)
evolution
b)
extinction
c)
adaptation
d)
natural selection
4.
What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?
a)
species
b)
organism
c)
embryology
d)
vestigial
5.
What is this an example of?
a)
diversity of species
b)
variation
c)
vestigial structures
d)
DNA studies
6.
Which layer is the oldest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
7.
Predict which moth would increase in population
a)
light
b)
dark
8.
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
a)
increase in number
b)
become extinct
9.
Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?
a)
Evolution
b)
Variation
c)
Adaptation
d)
Natural Selection
10.
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
11.
A remnant or trace of an organism from the past is called a _______.
a)
Ancestor
b)
Skeleton
c)
Fossil
d)
Imprints
12.
Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.
a)
Fossil
b)
Adaptation
c)
Ancestor
d)
Natural selection
13.
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
14.
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.
15.
Which of the following traits is not inherited?
a)
Fur color
b)
Feathers
c)
Hair color
d)
A suntan
16.
This scientist developed the theory of evolution as he studied the finches.
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Isaac Newton
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Marie Curie
17.
The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called
a)
genes.
b)
variations.
c)
traits.
d)
theories.
18.
In your lab, what did the different kitchen utensils represent?
a)
variations in bird beaks
b)
food sources
c)
evolution
d)
pickles
19.
In your lab, why were some "birds" more adapted to their environment than others?
a)
their bird beak allowed them to eat more food, and most likely live to produce more offspring
b)
the birds could change their beak to suit the available food sources
20.
In your lab, how would your describe multiple birds feeding from the same food source at the same time?
a)
competition
b)
evolution
c)
natural selection
d)
variation
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