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