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Evolution and Natural Selection
Evolution and Natural Selection
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Test your knowledge of Evolution and prepare for our upcoming TEST!
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When the remains of an organism are preserved in rock.
Igneous
Fossil
Sedimentary
Metamorphic Rock
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When a hard bone, tooth, or shell becomes fossilized.
Preserved fossil
Bone fossil
Mineral fossil
Fossil
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When the rock that a fossil is in experimented on to find the exact age the fossil was formed.
Double Dating
Absolute Dating
Relative Dating
Radioactive Dating
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Which scientist created the modern idea of Evolution?
Gregor Mendel
Robert Hooke
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
Charles Darwin
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An organism that is made up of a single cell
Manycellular
Onicellular
Unicellular
Multicellular
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Using discovered fossils to assist in proving the theory of evolution
CSI Evidence
Genetic Evidence
Fossil Evidence
Biological Evidence
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A statement based on observation and experimentation
Scientific Hypothesis
Scientific Law
Scientific Observation
Scientific Theory
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Using similarities in DNA to understand how closely related two organisms might be
CSI Evidence
Genetic Evidence
Biological Evidence
Fossil Evidence
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The image below is an example of what?
Vestigial Organ
Variation
Isolation
Speciation
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When humans select the trait that they want in an organism and breed for it.
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
My way, or the highway
Nutritional Selection
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Charles Darwin's key principle that helpful mutations help some organisms survive
Selection
Adaptation
Variation
Overproduction
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Which time period of Earth did NOT have dinosaurs alive?
Triassic
Permian
Jurassic
Cretaceous
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When minerals replace the bone of an organism to create a fossil.
Bone Fossil
Mineral Fossil
Minerva Fossil
Preserved Fossil
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Charles Darwin's key principle that the best traits will survive and be passed on to offspring
Overproduction
Selection
Adaptation
Variation
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An early form of an organism from which more modern species evolved from
Grandmother
Relative
Ancestor
Brother
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Charles Darwin's key principle that organisms lay thousands of eggs so that some will survive
Variation
Selection
Adaptation
Overproduction
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Any living thing that is made up of more than one cell.
Unicellular
Manycellular
Multicellular
Multigrain
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Which of the following about fossils is correct?
The only way to find fish fossils is dig underwater
Full fossil skeletons are rare
Fossils do not prove dinosaurs existed
Fossils near the surface are very old
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The extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs
Cretaceous Extinction
Permian Extinction
Triassic Extinction
Jurassic Extinction
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Charles Darwin's key principle that organisms in a group will be different genetically
Overproduction
Variation
Selection
Adaptation
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When nature chooses which organisms survive based on their adaptations.
Speciation
Only the strong survive
Natural Selection
Evolution
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When life is separated, preventing them from breeding or intermingling
Variation
Isolation
Speciation
Selection
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Which theory explains why Abingdon Island tortoises have longer necks
Ancestor
Evolution
Fossils
DNA
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The theory that life changes over millions of years of time.
Genetics
Natural Selection
Evolution
Growing up
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Which answer is the correct way to write human beings scientific name?
homo Sapien
Homo sapien
Homo Sapien
homo sapien
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A remnant of a body part that serves no current purpose, but connects to an ancestor
Vestigial Organ
Ancestry
Arm bone
Speciation
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When huge numbers of species die, or become extinct, in a very short time.
Many Extinction
Mass Extinction
Extinction
Eradication
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The giant crater off the coast of Mexico that was formed when an asteroid hit the Earth.
Chicken Crater
Chicxulub Crater
Mexican Crater
Chill-out Crater
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Using similarities in living and extinct species to prove relationships and understand ancestry
CSI Evidence
Biological Evidence
Fossil Evidence
Genetic Evidence
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When a single species of organism evolves into two or more new species
Variation
Speciation
Isolation
Selection
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When an ancient organism, like a woolly mammoth, is preserved in ice.
Refrigerated Fossil
Preserved Fossil
Mineral Fossil
Bone Fossil
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Which fossil would likely be the oldest found at a dig site?
15 ft. deep underground
5 ft. deep underground
100 ft. deep underground
50 ft. deep underground
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When one fossil is compared to another to determine its age.
Absolute Dating
Blind Dating
Radioactive Dating
Relative Dating
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Since all three structures are similar, but different, these organisms have a common what?
Ancestor
Variation
Environment
Food supply
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Which of the following is NOT one of Charles Darwin's key principles?
Variation
Isolation
Selection
Overproduction
