Quiz about Biology Evolution

Question 1

Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

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Charles Darwin

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Albert Einstein

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Charles Barkley

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Isaac Newton

Question 2

The gradual change in species over time is...

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Evolution

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Nucleotide

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Adaptation

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Natural Selection

Question 3

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

Question 4

What is another name for natural selection?

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survival of the fittest

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survival of the smartest

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survival of the fastest

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survival of the biggest

Question 5

What is Evolution?

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The change of genetic information of a population over time

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The change of climate over time

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The change of geological formations over time

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The change of technology over time

Question 6

The theory of evolution states that

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species change over time, sometimes developing into new species

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species that are extinct have no biological relationship to living species

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the environment of Earth is constant over time

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different animal species always interbreed to form new and different species

Question 7

The theory of evolution states that...

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Genes point to common ancestry

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Change happens gradually, over time

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Change happens in populations

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Change happens rappidly

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Change happens to individuals

Question 8

Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor: the birds and the bananas, the fishes and the flowers
-- all related That is, complex creatures evolve from more simplistic ancestors naturally over time.

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Theory

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Fact

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Law

Question 9

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

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adaptation

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homologous

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vestigial

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variation

Question 10

What is this an example of?

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variation

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diversity of species

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vestigial structures

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DNA studies

Question 11

Predict which moth would increase in population

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dark

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light

Question 12

To adjust to a changing environment

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Adapt

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Mutation

Question 13

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?

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Natural Selection

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Evolution

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Variation

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Adaptation

Question 14

When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

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Extinction

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Adaption

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Fossilization

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Mutation

Question 15

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 16

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 17

The struggle for existence against other members of an organisms species is

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Competition

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Natural Selection

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gene flow

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genetic drift

Question 18

Remains of ancient organisms are called

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Fossils

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Extinctions

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Mutations

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Variations

Question 19

What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?

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species

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organism

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embryology

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vestigial

Question 20

Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.

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Adaptation

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Fossil

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Ancestor

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Natural selection

Question 21

Which scientist is known for the theory of evolution by natural selection?

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C) Charles Darwin

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A) Albert Einstein

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B) Isaac Newton

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D) Gregor Mendel

Question 22

What is the term for a structure in an organism that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution?

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A) Vestigial structure

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B) Homologous structure

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C) Analogous structure

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D) Adaptive structure

Question 23

Which of the following is an example of natural selection?

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B) A giraffe's neck becoming longer over generations to reach higher leaves

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A) A farmer breeding cows for more milk production

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C) A scientist genetically modifying bacteria

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D) A dog learning a new trick

Question 24

What is genetic drift?

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A) A change in allele frequencies due to random events

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B) A change in allele frequencies due to natural selection

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C) A change in allele frequencies due to mutation

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D) A change in allele frequencies due to migration

Question 25

Which of the following best describes the concept of 'survival of the fittest'?

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B) The individuals most adapted to their environment survive

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A) The strongest individuals survive

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C) The fastest individuals survive

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D) The largest individuals survive

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