Q.1
How do species change over time?
  • frequency (amount) of certain alleles in a population
  • towards perfection
  • through individual evolution
  • through acquired traits
Q.2
Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.
  • Fossil
  • Adaptation
  • Ancestor
  • Natural selection
Q.3
What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?
  • To look different from other species.
  • To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
  • To protect itself against predators.
  • To protect itself against prey.
Q.4
Within a population, individuals have different expression of traits. This is which element of Natural Selection.
  • Over production
  • Struggle to Survive
  • Differential Reproduction
  • Genetic Variation
Q.5
Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection?
  • People selectively breeding hamsters for size.
  • Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.
  • Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
  • Male birds of certain species inheriting colorful feathers that are more attractive to females.
Q.6
Relative dating
  • gives the exact age of rocks and fossils
  • is when you date your cousin
  • gives the approximate age of rocks
  • tells us who to trust
Q.7
Scientist find dinosaur fossils in the bottom of a cliff and mammals fossils in the middle layer, what can be inferred?
  • dinosaurs ate plants
  • dinosaurs were eaten by the mammals
  • they lived at the same time
  • dinosaurs lived before the mammals
Q.8
Mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptions produce more offspring on average than do other individuals
  • Fitness
  • Natural Selection
  • Evolution
  • Artificial Selection
Q.9
The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment
  • diversity.
  • evolution
  • adaptation
  • fitness
Q.10
Measure of an organisms's ability to survive and produce offspring relative to other members of a population
  • Natural Selection
  • Adaptation
  • Fitness
  • Variation
Q.11
Darwin referred to this as survival of the fittest. Over time, it results in changes in the inherited characteristics of a population.
  • Natural Selection
  • Genetic Variation
  • Survival of the Fittest
  • Extinction
Q.12
A theory has significant evidence to support it. True or False
  • True
  • False
Q.13
Below are the % similarities of DNA between whales and other species. Based on this, which are whales most closely related to?
  • Pig, 68.4%
  • Hippo, 83.4%
  • Mouse, 38.4%
  • All of above
Q.14
Which is an example of a hypothesis?
  • evolution
  • a highly tested explanation
  • If I put my bananas in the fridge, they will take longer to ripen.
  • None of these
Q.15
Which does NOT cause genetic variation?
  • crossing over in meiosis
  • mutations
  • acquired traits
  • All of above
Q.16
A flood drowns a large portion of an insect population, with only a few random individuals surviving. This is an example of ______.
  • genetic drift
  • adaptation
  • natural selection
  • All of above
Q.17
What type of speciation would involve mating during different seasons?
  • geographic isolation
  • reproductive isolation
  • habitat isolation
  • gametic isolation
Q.18
How does a species change over time?
  • by adapting to the environment
  • changes in the gene frequencies in a population
  • acquiring new traits
  • they do not change
Q.19
Evolution, gravity, and plate tectonics are all examples of scientific...
  • hypotheses
  • theories
  • laws
  • Both A & B
Q.20
Eyes that can see in the dark is a(an) _______ inherited by nocturnal animals.
  • adaptation
  • acquired trait
  • learned ability
  • All of above
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