Quiz about Evolution Vista

Question 1

What do you call a characteristic that allows an organism to survive in an environment?

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adaptation

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variation

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selection

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overproduction

Question 2

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

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Charles Darwin

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Albert Einstein

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Steven Hawking

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Isaac Newton

Question 3

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

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To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

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To look different from other species.

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To protect itself against predators.

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To protect itself against prey.

Question 4

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

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Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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Because they come from dominant alleles.

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Because they come from recessive alleles.

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Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

Question 5

Mutations are a change in what?

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DNA

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tRNA

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genotype

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phenotype

Question 6

Where humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.

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Artificial Selection

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Evolution

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Natural Selection

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Extinction

Question 7

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

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Variation

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Adaptation

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Behavior

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Environment

Question 8

Two organisms that are closely related would have

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very similar DNA sequence

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exactly the same DNA sequences

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no proteins in common

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completely different DNA sequence

Question 9

True or False?
Generations of a species that are farther apart from each other look the most different.

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True

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False

Question 10

The law of superposition (strata) states

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the oldest layer is on the bottom and the youngest is on the top when it is undisturbed

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the oldest rock layer is on the top, the younger rock layer is on the bottom

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rock layers are always in sequence from oldest to youngest

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the youngest rock layer is on the bottom and the oldest is on the top

Question 11

Scientist find dinosaur fossils in the bottom of a cliff and mammals fossils in the middle layer, what can be inferred?

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dinosaurs lived before the mammals

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dinosaurs ate plants

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dinosaurs were eaten by the mammals

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they lived at the same time

Question 12

What would indicate that a series of fossils represent evolution?

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the fossils show similarities

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the fossils were identical

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the fossils were found in the same layers of rock

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the fossils were completely different

Question 13

Natural selection is

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survival of the fittest

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humans change

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two species are the same

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more animals survive

Question 14

This makes an organism more suited to its enviornment

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adaptation

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species

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lifespan

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mutation

Question 15

What is one reason that strawberries are surviving in the winter season?

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they have genetic variations allowing them to be resistant to cold

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they have larger leaves

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they reproduce more

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the color is dark

Question 16

The tree of life is a metaphor for what idea?

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we came from a common ancestor

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we need water and sunlight to survive

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we have multiple species

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we are old

Question 17

Who was Charles Darwin?

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A naturalist who came up with the theory of evolution

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A scientist who studied plants

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A geologist who looked at rocks and fossils

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A paleontologist who studied dinosaurs

Question 18

These are natural differences within a species.

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Genetic variation

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Evolution

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Biological diversity

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Populations

Question 19

The death of every member of a species.

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Extinction

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Competition

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Population

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Evidence

Question 20

The availability of facts indicating whether a hypothesis is valid (true).

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Evidence

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Fossil

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Extinction

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Competition

Question 21

Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce

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more offspring

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better traits

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stronger genes

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fewer mutations

Question 22

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

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increase in number

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become extinct

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make disappear other organisms

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Destroy the world

Question 23

Another word for adapt is ____________.

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change

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create

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Destroy

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Fight

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection?

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People selectively breeding hamsters.

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Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.

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Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.

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Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.

Question 25

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

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Their beaks

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Their feathers

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Genotypes

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Their body sizes

Question 26

The diagram represents the relationship between beak structure and food in several species of finches found on the Galapagos Islands. The different beak structures observed in the diagram are evidence of

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different species of finches adapting to different environments over many generations

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finch species with different beak structures coming to the Galapagos Islands from the coast of Ecuador

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finches changing their beak characteristics so that they could feed efficiently

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finches mating with birds of other species and acquiring some of their traits

Question 27

Natural selection is best described as

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differences in survival rates as a result of different inherited characteristics

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a change in an organism in response to a need of that organism

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a process of nearly constant improvement that leads to an organism that is nearly perfect

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inheritance of characteristics acquired during the life of an organism

Question 28

These cause variations.

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mutations

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adaptations

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a desire to change

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injuries

Question 29

The discovery of DNA and genes proved that

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mutations create variations and come from genes

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Darwin was wrong

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we are all the same species

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bats and butterflies have a very close common ancestor

Question 30

Which organisms are most likely to survive?

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the best adapted

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the fastest

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the strongest

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the most domesticated (tamed)

Question 31

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

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The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

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The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

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The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better

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The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

Question 32

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

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Variation

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Natural Selection

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Homeostasis

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Extinction

Question 33

When the industrial revolution started, the trees have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

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Dark Moth

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White Moth

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Both are Equally Successful in this Environment

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Neither will be successful

Question 34

Why could the same species of moth be two different colors?

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Their color was based on their DNA. Sometimes a mutation would cause the moth to be born with a different color.

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Their color was caused by the environment. The soot from the factories would fuse with the moth's skin.

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Bacteria inside the moth's stomach would sometimes give the moth stomach the ability of the moth to have "active camouflouge." This allowed the moths to change their color at will.

Question 35

If scientists find fossils of a type of mosquito on the bottom layer and find fossils of beetles towards the top layer, what can scientists infer?

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Mosquitos are older fossils than beetles

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Mosquitos ate the beetles

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Beetles are older fossils than mosquitos

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Both mosquitos and Beetles must have lived at the same time.

Question 36

Scientists believe horses evolved over a period of 50 million years. How did they change?

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all the other answers!

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They became much larger

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Their toes eventually were replaced by a hoof

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Their environment changed from a forest to a grassland environment

Question 37

How do scientists use embryology to support the theory of evolution?

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Embryos of many species have a lot of similar characteristics when they are first forming showing different creatures must have a common ancestor

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Embryos of many species have very little in common until they start developing for long periods of time

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Features like gills and tails prove that all animals are really just fish

Question 38

What is the process of which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

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artificial selection

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descent without modification

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inheritance of acquired characteristics

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natural selection

Question 39

Which of the following is a factor in natural selection?

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All are correct

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Individuals of species compete with one another to survive.

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All species are genetically diverse.

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Individuals better able to adapt to changes leave more offspring.

Question 40

Starting in 1954, commercial fishers in the northwest Pacific were paid by weight, rather than by the individual fish, for pink salmon. The fishers increased the use of a type of net that selectively catches larger fish.  Which of the following effects did this change in fishing technique most likely have on the salmon population over the next 20 years?

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The average body size of the salmon population decreased significantly.

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The average body size of the salmon population increased significantly.

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The average body size of the males in the salmon population increased, and the females stayed the same.

Question 41

Comparing human hemoglobin of chimpanzees, horses, kangaroos, and chickens, reveal that humans have the fewest amino acid differences with

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chimpanzees

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Kangaroos

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Horses

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chickens

Question 42

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

Accepted Answer

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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Because they come from dominant alleles.

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Because they come from recessive alleles.

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Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

Question 43

Mutations are important because they bring about

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genetic variation needed for a population to evolve

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death of the organism in which they develop

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benefits for the individual, not for the population

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changes in genotype, but not phenotype

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