Download On The Origin of Species

1) In 1859, Charles Darwin described a model of how living things
change over time. He described this model and the evidence that
supported it in a book called On The Origin of Species. Which
scientific term is used to describe a testable model that seeks to
explain natural phenomena?
A) data
B) hypothesis
C) observation
D) theory
2) When an experiment is repeated and the new results are
different from the original results, what could you assume to be
true?
A) The results from both experiments are worthless.
B) The first experiment's results are worthless and should be
discarded.
C) The experimental design is flawed and the experiment should
be discarded.
D) Neither test results are 100% reliable and additional
experimentation is needed.
3) All of the following EXCEPT the resistance of _________
demonstrate artificially selected resistance.
A) beef cattle, to "shipping fever",
B) many agricultural wheat varieties, to drought and fungus,
C) Anatarctic fish to freezing, due to antifreeze proteins in their
blood,
D) many common grasshopper species to pesticides, such as
diazinon, sevin, and others,
4) Which fact about fossils is MOST important to scientists who
study evolution?
A) Fossils are often found in sedimentary rock.
B) Footprints, body structures, and even animal droppings can
become fossilized.
C) The age of a fossil can be determined by examining the rock
strata in which the fossil is found.
D) The formation of a fossil depends on the geologic and chemical
conditions present when an organism dies.
5) According to the fossil record, five ________________
took place, which lowered the variety of species found on Earth
today.
A) mass clonings
B) microevolutions
C) mass extinctions
D) mass revolutions
6) When an experiment is repeated and the new results are
different from the original results, what could you assume to be
true?
A) The first set of results MUST be incorrect and thrown out.
B) The second set of results MUST be inaccurate and thrown out.
C) The experimental design must be flawed and should be
scrapped.
D) The original experiment MAY be inaccurate and further
experimentation is needed.
7) If an experiment's results are accurate, when the experiment is
repeated by another scientist, the results
A) should be similar to those obtained originally.
B) will be identical every time the experiment is repeated.
C) should be completely different for a different scientist.
D) should vary quite a bit because of the differenc in time between
the completion of the experiments.
8)
Peppered moths vary in color from light gray to almost black. The
color of any moth depends on how many black spots are found on
its wings. The name "peppered" refers to these black spots.
During the day, the moths rest on trees. In England where the
moths live, many light gray trees were covered with soot that
came from the smoke stacks of factories.The trees got darker and
darker from the soot.
In the countryside of England, where there are no factories, we
expect there to be
A) no moths.
B) mostly dark gray moths.
C) mostly light gray moths.
D) an even number of light and dark moths.
9)
All of the statements about vertebrate embryos are true EXCEPT all
vertebrates embryos
A) develop a tail.
B) develop some type of limbs from buds.
C) become warm-blooded animals as they develop.
D) have segmented bodies at some point during development.
10) Place the developments in evolutionary history in the proper
time frame.
I) Charles Darwin writes 'On the Origin of Species'.
II) LaMarck writes about evolution through acquired traits, using a
giraffe as his model.
III) DNA sequencing is developed, allowing the comparison of the
genes of different organisms.
IV) Malthus, an economist, writes about the inevitability that people
will exhaust a food supply by reproducing too often.
A) IV, II, I, III
B) I, II, IV, III
C) II, I, IV, III
D) II, I, III, IV