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WorksheetsEvolution II
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What relation was Erasmus Darwin to Charles Darwin?
his uncle
His brother
His father
His grandfather
Which of the following laws are credited to Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
The law of inheritance of characteristics
The law of segregation
The law of use and disuse
The law of incomplete dominance
Charles Darwin co-authored a paper with (a)
Which ship did Darwin sail on
HMS Bulldog
HMS Daschund
HMS Beagle
HMS Chihuahua
Tick those answers which are required for natural selection to occur.
Variation within the offspring
Variation within the parents
Minimum population size
Large numbers of offspring
A major difference between Lamarck's theory and Darwin's is that....
Lamarcks theory allows for faster evolution than Darwin's
In Lamarcks theory individuals change whereas in Darwin's theory populations change.
In Lamarck's theory no animals die, In Darwin's theory lots of animals die
In Lamarck's theory animals want to evolve, In Darwin's theory they dont.
name the two scientists who formalated the punctuated equilibrium theory.
Watson and Crick
Eldredge and Gould
Wallace and Darwin
Tom and Jerry
The biggest difference between natural selection and artificial selection is that ....
Natural selection is slower than artificial selection
Natural selection is natural artificial selection is artificial
In natural selection the environment dictates which individuals survive and breed, in artificial selection man decides.
Natural selection requires genetic variation, artificial selection does not.
Peppered moths occur naturally in.
England
South Africa
Europe
America
Cabbages were bred from ...
Wild cauliflower
Brussel sprouts
Wild mustard
Pepper plants
Gradualism means Natural Selection would normally happen over many generations and very
slowly
quickly
in space
beyond time
Punctuated Equilibrium implies catastrophic events caused natural selection to speed up due to great environmental changes.
True
False
Genetic diversity in a species makes long term survival of some members
impossible
improvable
more likely
less likely
Over the years, white mice became extinct and darker mice survived. This is
stabilizing selection
directional selection
disruptive selection
due to exercise
A physical trait favored by an environmental change can be called an
adaptation
extinction
possibility
mutation
Natural Selection is driven by a change in the environment and survival of the
Earth
Fastest
Fittest
Biggest
1. Artificial selection has been a big factor in the evolution of:
Dogs
Panda bears
Snakes
Jellyfish
Which statement is true comparing natural selection and artificial selection?
In natural selection, traits benefit humans and in artificial selection, the traits benefit the species
In natural selection, traits benefit the species and in artificial selection, the traits benefit humans
In natural and artificial selection, the process takes hundreds of years to occur
In natural and artificial selection, nature determines what traits will be passed down to offspring.
Artificial selection is also known as
natural selection
selective hearing
genetic manipulation
selective breeding
