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Evolution and Dna

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Evolution is best defined as:

a)

the process which organisms die.

b)

the process which organisms change over time.

c)

the process which organisms that are extinct become revived.

d)

the process which non-living things fossilize.

2.

The solidified remain or imprint of a once living thing are called:

a)

Fossils

b)

Homologous Structures

c)

Vestigial Structures

d)

DNA

3.

What type of evidence for evolution is represented in the picture above:

a)

Fossils

b)

Vestigial Structures

c)

DNA

d)

Homologous Structures

4.

How does embryology support the Theory of Evolution?

a)

It shows that they have a common ancestor because of their similarities.

b)

I'm not sure.

c)

Animals change over time.

d)

it does what now

5.
In stage one (top row) of these embryos, most of the embryos________
a)
look very similar.
b)
have very different features.
c)
show different stages of development.
d)
have only a tail if they are non-human.
6.
The similarities of the bones in the diagram provide evidence that---
a)
The organisms shown lived in the same natural envionrment
b)
The organisms shown may have developed from a common ancestor
c)
The organisms shown have the same genetic diseases
d)
All vertebrate species have identical forelimbs
7.
According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism? 
a)
Amphibians
b)
Ray finned fish
c)
Crocodiles
d)
Birds
8.
For evolution to happen, this has to occur first:
a)
an organism finds a new mate
b)
and organism's DNA changes
c)
The environment in which a species lives changes
d)
the population increases
9.
Changes in species that allow that species to survive changes in the environment are called:
a)
ecosystems
b)
adaptations
c)
biomes
d)
alleles
10.
What are the nucleotides made of?
a)
Sugar, Phosphate, nitrogen base
b)
Phosphate, Adenine, nitrogen base
c)
Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine
d)
Phosphate, Nitrogen, Adenine
11.

Thymine bonds with ______________.

a)

Guanine

b)

Thymine

c)

Cytosine

d)

Adenine

12.

Cytosine bonds with ______________.

a)

Adenine

b)

Guanine

c)

Cytosine

d)

Thymine

13.

What do genes do?

a)

make proteins

b)

store energy

c)

create covalent bonds

d)

create hydrogen bonds

14.

A segment of DNA that codes for a trait

a)

gene

b)

centromere

c)

chromosome

d)

chromatid

15.

A version or variation of a gene

a)

trait

b)

gene

c)

allele

d)

DNA

16.

The alleles that an organism has/inherits are its

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

chromosome

d)

recessive

17.

The observable expression of a trait is its

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

chromosome

d)

allele

18.

When an organism has two of the same alleles, it is called

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

recessive

d)

dominant

19.

When an organism has two different alleles, it is called

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

recessive

d)

dominant

20.

Humans have _______ pairs of chromosomes, for a total of _______ chromosomes.

a)

10, 20

b)

25, 100

c)

23, 46

d)

46, 92