Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Early Study of Evolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce?

a)

fossil

b)

heterozygote

c)

species

2.

What word means any differences between individuals of the same species.

a)

evolution

b)

variation

c)

adaptation

3.

The process of change over time.

a)

revolution

b)

generation

c)

evolution

4.

the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

a)

fossil

b)

species

c)

variation

5.

A good explanation for a wide range of observation or experimental results.

a)

scientific experiment

b)

hypothesis

c)

scientific theory

6.

to develop an evidence-based idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation.

a)

hypothesis

b)

evolution

c)

scientific theory

7.

What is an inherited behavior or physical change that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

a)

evolution

b)

adaptation

c)

fossil

8.

What causes organisms to change over time? What is the driving force behind the changes?

a)

evolution

b)

survival

c)

natural selection

9.

What is the fundamental theory of all of modern biology?

a)

The Theory of Transformation

b)

The Theory of Evolution

c)

The Theory of Adaption

10.

What drives adaptation and natural selection?

a)

Popularity

b)

Humans

c)

environmental conditions

11.

What scientist is credited with developing a scientific system to classify and name organisms?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Carolus Linnaeus

c)

Mary Annings

12.

What islands showed Darwin such significant adaptations of closely related organisms that made his develop the Theory of Evolution?

a)

The Big Island

b)

The Galapagos Islands

c)

The Figi Islands

13.

What do we call the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past?

a)

Fossils

b)

Claymation

c)

Formations

14.

What early scientist is credited with reconstructing fossilized organisms to help better understand how they relate to current organisms?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Mary Anning

c)

Charles Lyell

15.

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?

a)

Charles Lyell

b)

Jean-Baptiste Lamark

c)

Mary Anning

16.

What was the name of Darwin’s famous ship that sailed to the Galapagos Islands?

a)

The Jack

b)

The Doberman

c)

The Beagle

17.

What scientist is credited with developing the Theory of Evolution?

a)

Charles Bumkin

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Charles Lyell

18.

Where are the Galapagos Islands located?

a)

off the west coast of Spain

b)

off the east coast of Ecuador

c)

off the west coast of Ecuador

d)

off the east coast of Spain

19.

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

a)

Artificial Selection

b)

Natural Selection

20.

Any difference between individuals of the same species

a)

Adaptation

b)

Variation

c)

Evolution