WorksheetsEarly Study of Evolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What do you call a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce?
fossil
heterozygote
species
What word means any differences between individuals of the same species.
evolution
variation
adaptation
The process of change over time.
revolution
generation
evolution
the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
fossil
species
variation
A good explanation for a wide range of observation or experimental results.
scientific experiment
hypothesis
scientific theory
to develop an evidence-based idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation.
hypothesis
evolution
scientific theory
What is an inherited behavior or physical change that helps an organism survive and reproduce?
evolution
adaptation
fossil
What causes organisms to change over time? What is the driving force behind the changes?
evolution
survival
natural selection
What is the fundamental theory of all of modern biology?
The Theory of Transformation
The Theory of Evolution
The Theory of Adaption
What drives adaptation and natural selection?
Popularity
Humans
environmental conditions
What scientist is credited with developing a scientific system to classify and name organisms?
Charles Darwin
Carolus Linnaeus
Mary Annings
What islands showed Darwin such significant adaptations of closely related organisms that made his develop the Theory of Evolution?
The Big Island
The Galapagos Islands
The Figi Islands
What do we call the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past?
Fossils
Claymation
Formations
What early scientist is credited with reconstructing fossilized organisms to help better understand how they relate to current organisms?
Charles Darwin
Mary Anning
Charles Lyell
What early scientist is credited with concluding that features of the Earth changed a great deal over time and that those processes are still active?
Charles Lyell
Jean-Baptiste Lamark
Mary Anning
What was the name of Darwin’s famous ship that sailed to the Galapagos Islands?
The Jack
The Doberman
The Beagle
What scientist is credited with developing the Theory of Evolution?
Charles Bumkin
Charles Darwin
Charles Lyell
Where are the Galapagos Islands located?
off the west coast of Spain
off the east coast of Ecuador
off the west coast of Ecuador
off the east coast of Spain
The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species
Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Any difference between individuals of the same species
Adaptation
Variation
Evolution
