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Natural Selection, Evolution, and Fossil Evidence
Natural Selection, Evolution, and Fossil Evidence
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A #science quiz that reviews types of #fossils, #naturalselection, and evidence for #evolution
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What was the name of the theory that Charles Darwin wrote?
Evolution by Natural Selection
Variation by Evolution
Selective Breeding by Evolution
Evolution by Artificial Selection
2
Which tortoise below is best adapted to eat tall cacti?
Intermediate
Saddleback
Domed
3
What is often the cause of extinctions?
Artificial Selection
Selective Breeding
Environmental Changes
Natural Selection
4
What does it mean, in terms of science, to be fit?
To live longer.
To eat more food.
To have more offspring.
To be stronger.
5
Why does the number of white mice decline over time in this picture?
The white mice are more easily seen by a predator.
The white mice are unable to find mates.
The white mice are better camouflaged than the dark mice.
The white mice cannot compete for food as well as the dark.
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How many major extinction events have occurred in Earth's history?
3
2
5
4
7
What type of fossil is shown below?
Carbonized Fossil
Trace Fossil
Mineralized Fossil
Tracker Fossil
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Which group of organisms died most recently?
Dinosaurs
Mammals
Amphibians
Trilobites
9
Mammoths frozen in ice are an example of _______________.
Frozen fossil
Carbonization
Original material
Mineralization
10
What was the name of the English naturalist that observed different species on the Galapagos?
Gregor Mendel
Carolus Linnaeus
Charles Darwin
James Watson
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What type of fossil is shown below?
Original Material Fossil
Mineralized Fossil
Mold and Cast
Carbonized Fossil
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What can you learn about an organism by looking at its fossil?
Where it lived.
How it may have changed over time.
What it might have eaten.
What it may have looked like.
13
How old can we estimate the top group of fossils to be on this diagram?
About 515 million years old.
About 490 million years old.
About 530 million years old.
About 500 million years old.
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What type of adaptation causes the variation in bird beaks that Darwin saw?
Behavioral Adaptation
Camouflage
Functional Adaptation
Structural Adaptation
15
Which type of fossil/rock dating is more accurate and precise?
Absolute-Age Dating
Relative-Age Dating
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What part of an organism usually forms a fossil?
Muscles
Bones
Skin
Fur/Hair
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What can be learned about a fossil using relative-age dating?
its age compared to other fossils
its age in years
its age based on radioactive decay
18
What is a major cause of mass extinctions?
Endangering of species
environmental change
Adaptations
Biological evolution
19
A chart that divides Earth's history into units
Geologic time scale
Relative age dating
Absolute age dating
Fossil record
20
Which rock layer is the oldest?
2
1
4
3
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What type of adaptation is shown in the picture below?
Behavioral Adaptation
Functional Adaptation
Mimicry
Camouflage
22
Two organisms that are closely related would have
completely different DNA sequence
very similar DNA sequence
exactly the same DNA sequences
no proteins in common
23
What type of adaptation describes a change in the way an organism acts?
Trace Adaptation
Behavioral Adaptation
Functional Adaptation
Structural Adaptation
24
Which radioactive element is most likely used to date once living things?
Carbon-14
Nitrogen
Uranium
Oxygen-14
25
What type of fossil is shown below?
Original Material Fossil
Trace Fossil
Mold and Cast
Mineralized Fossil
26
Organisms, such as the Tasmanian tiger, that are no longer found as living species are....
Extinct.
Fossils.
Endangered
Mammals.
27
What type of selection is shown below?
Genderized Selection
Humanoid Selection
Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
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What type of fossil is shown below?
Mineralized Fossil
Original Material Fossil
Mold and Cast Fossil
Trace Fossil
29
What type of adaptation is shown in the picture below?
Structural Adaptation
Mimicry
Functional Adaptation
Behavioral Adaptation
30
What do you call a characteristic of a species that helps it to survive?
Morphation
Variation
Adaptation
Selection Structure
31
What type of rock are fossils found in?
Sedimentary
Soft Soil
Volcanic
Igneous
32
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
become extinct
increase in number
33
The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called
genes
traits
variations
theories
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Which term means "the change over time in populations of related organisms?"
Natural Selection
Darwinism
Fitness
Biological Evolution
