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WorksheetsDarwin Evolution
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Choose which scientist matches to the statement:
survival of the fittest
Darwin
Lamarck
Evolution in relation to animals is...
The different things animals eat
How animals have evolved over time into different species
How to classify different animals
How animals have learnt to eat other animals
Change in inherited traits over time
embryology
variation
evolution
homologous
Charles Darwin's 5 year voyage around the world gave him the opportunity to observe many animals. He noted that?
Many animals were identical to the animals on the mainland.
Some animals were smaller and dirtier that others.
Many animals were starving to death.
Many animals were similar but not always identical to the animals on the mainland.
Which concept suggests that organisms best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce?
Artificial Selection
Common Descent
Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
Natural Selection
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
what gave Charles Darwin the idea of evolution?
wikipedia
mans attempt to destroy mankind
finches in the Galapagos island
Darwin theorized that individuals having an advantage due to their traits or abilities will be more likely to survive and reproduce. This theory is known as
evolution
speciation
adaptation
natural selection
What was the name of Darwin's ship?
The Dachshund
The Labrador
The Beagle
The Chihuahua
All of these finches have different shaped beaks. They are an adaptation to get...
Water
Food
Housing
Group of organisms with similar characteristics
embryology
variation
species
homologous
What do we call mistakes or changes that occur in the DNA sequence?
natural selection
adaptations
mutations
Darwinism
What do we call the preserved remains or physical evidence of an organism that lived in the past?
varitations
mutations
evolutionary features
fossils
Which of the following best describes Darwin's theory of natural selection?
A process where organisms change during their lifetime and pass these changes to their offspring.
A mechanism by which individuals with advantageous traits survive and reproduce more successfully.
A theory that suggests all species were created independently and do not change over time.
A concept that explains how organisms can choose their traits based on their needs.
What observation did Darwin make about the finches on the Galapagos Islands that contributed to his theory of evolution?
All finches had the same beak size regardless of their diet.
Finches had different beak shapes depending on their food source.
Finches were the only birds present on the islands.
Finches migrated to the islands from the mainland every year.
