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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 minerals replace the bone of an organism to create a fossil.
Bone Fossil
Mineral Fossil
Preserved Fossil
Minerva Fossil
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Which theory explains why Abingdon Island tortoises have longer necks
DNA
Fossils
Ancestor
Evolution
3
The giant crater off the coast of Mexico that was formed when an asteroid hit the Earth.
Chicken Crater
Chill-out Crater
Mexican Crater
Chicxulub Crater
4
An organism that is made up of a single cell
Onicellular
Multicellular
Manycellular
Unicellular
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When a hard bone, tooth, or shell becomes fossilized.
Fossil
Preserved fossil
Mineral fossil
Bone fossil
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Which scientist created the modern idea of Evolution?
Charles Darwin
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
Gregor Mendel
Robert Hooke
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Which of the following is NOT one of Charles Darwin's key principles?
Isolation
Variation
Selection
Overproduction
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Using similarities in DNA to understand how closely related two organisms might be
Genetic Evidence
CSI Evidence
Fossil Evidence
Biological Evidence
9
Which answer is the correct way to write human beings scientific name?
Homo Sapien
Homo sapien
homo sapien
homo Sapien
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When nature chooses which organisms survive based on their adaptations.
Only the strong survive
Speciation
Evolution
Natural Selection
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When life is separated, preventing them from breeding or intermingling
Selection
Isolation
Speciation
Variation
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Charles Darwin's key principle that organisms lay thousands of eggs so that some will survive
Overproduction
Variation
Adaptation
Selection
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Charles Darwin's key principle that organisms in a group will be different genetically
Overproduction
Variation
Adaptation
Selection
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Which of the following about fossils is correct?
The only way to find fish fossils is dig underwater
Fossils near the surface are very old
Fossils do not prove dinosaurs existed
Full fossil skeletons are rare
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The image below is an example of what?
Isolation
Vestigial Organ
Variation
Speciation
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Which time period of Earth did NOT have dinosaurs alive?
Triassic
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Permian
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The extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs
Cretaceous Extinction
Triassic Extinction
Permian Extinction
Jurassic Extinction
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An early form of an organism from which more modern species evolved from
Relative
Grandmother
Brother
Ancestor
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When the remains of an organism are preserved in rock.
Fossil
Igneous
Metamorphic Rock
Sedimentary
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Which fossil would likely be the oldest found at a dig site?
5 ft. deep underground
50 ft. deep underground
100 ft. deep underground
15 ft. deep underground
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When the rock that a fossil is in experimented on to find the exact age the fossil was formed.
Relative Dating
Absolute Dating
Radioactive Dating
Double Dating
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When a single species of organism evolves into two or more new species
Variation
Isolation
Speciation
Selection
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The theory that life changes over millions of years of time.
Evolution
Growing up
Natural Selection
Genetics
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Since all three structures are similar, but different, these organisms have a common what?
Ancestor
Food supply
Variation
Environment
25
Using discovered fossils to assist in proving the theory of evolution
CSI Evidence
Fossil Evidence
Biological Evidence
Genetic Evidence
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When humans select the trait that they want in an organism and breed for it.
Nutritional Selection
My way, or the highway
Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
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When an ancient organism, like a woolly mammoth, is preserved in ice.
Preserved Fossil
Refrigerated Fossil
Bone Fossil
Mineral Fossil
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A remnant of a body part that serves no current purpose, but connects to an ancestor
Speciation
Vestigial Organ
Arm bone
Ancestry
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A statement based on observation and experimentation
Scientific Theory
Scientific Observation
Scientific Law
Scientific Hypothesis
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Any living thing that is made up of more than one cell.
Multigrain
Unicellular
Multicellular
Manycellular
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Using similarities in living and extinct species to prove relationships and understand ancestry
CSI Evidence
Genetic Evidence
Biological Evidence
Fossil Evidence
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When huge numbers of species die, or become extinct, in a very short time.
Extinction
Many Extinction
Mass Extinction
Eradication
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When one fossil is compared to another to determine its age.
Relative Dating
Blind Dating
Radioactive Dating
Absolute Dating
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Charles Darwin's key principle that helpful mutations help some organisms survive
Overproduction
Variation
Selection
Adaptation
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Charles Darwin's key principle that the best traits will survive and be passed on to offspring
Selection
Variation
Overproduction
Adaptation
