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Evolutionary Biology

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name

Class

Date

Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

Albert Einstein

Charles Darwin

Charles Barkley

Isaac Newton

Darwin's expedition was called the Voyage of the _________.

Mayflower

Beagle

World

Galapagos

Darwin's expedition took how many years?

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?

Evolution

Variation

Adaptation

Natural Selection

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

reproduce

become extinct

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

Their feathers

Genotypes

Their beaks

Their body sizes

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

Variation

Adaptation

Behavior

Environment

Darwin referred to this as survival of the fittest. Over time, it results in changes in the inherited characteristics of a population because organisms with adaptations that make them fit for their environment will survive and reproduce better than those without favorable traits.

Natural Selection

Genetic Variation

Homologous Structures

Struggle for Existence

The gradual change in species over time is...

Evolution

Nucleotide

Adaptation

Natural Selection

10.

Which species’ DNA is most similar to the DNA of the toothed whale?

Hippopotamus

Baleen Whale

Grazing Mammals

Camels

11.

Two organisms that are closely related would have

very similar DNA sequence

exactly the same DNA sequences

no proteins in common

completely different DNA sequence

12.

The separation of a group of individuals from the rest of the population is referred to as

genetic drift

natural selection

geographic isolation

survival of the fittest

13.

What is this an example of?

vestigial structures

embryology

homologous structures

fossil record

14.

Artificial selection is a result of

The environment

Human behavior

Mutation

Gene Flow

15.

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

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Because they come from dominant alleles.

Because they come from recessive alleles.

Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

16.

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

Fossil A and C are the same age

Fossil B is older than fossil C

Fossils A is older than fossil B

Fossil D is older than fossil C

17.

Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?

the wings of a red-tailed hawk

the tail of a house cat

the fins of sharks

the wings of a penguin

18.

The study of the early stages of development that is one evidence of evolution is:

Homologous Structures

Embryology

Vestigial Organs

19.

Predict which moth would increase in population

light

dark

they would be 50:50 due to random variation

20.

Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.

Fossil

Adaptation

Ancestor

Natural selection

21.

Evolution is considered to be one of the most important theories in science, because it

was developed more than 100 years ago.

is not supported by the fossil record.

unites the fields of biology, geology, chemistry, and ecology.

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Evolutionary Biology

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 22mins

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