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Name __________________________________
Date ___________
Evolution Quiz
Period __________
1. __Darwin________ Who is the author of “On Origin of the Species by means of natural
selection” published in 1859?
2. ____Plato ___ Who introduced the idea that we exist in an “Illusionary world” and it
coexists with a perfect “Real” world?
3. __Linnaeus ____ Who established the binomial nomenclature for the identification of
organisms?
4. __Cuvier______ Who spent time in the Paris basin observing different strata of rock
laying the foundation that extinction had occured?
5. ___Larmarck______ Who tried to present the concept of Natural Selection in 1809 but
was unsuccessful?
6. ___Habitat ______ What prezygomatic barrier
would keep 2 animals of similar species from
mating if they lived on 2 separate islands?
Confidence Chart for Question
#8 only
7. __Tag & Release__ What method for
determining a population would you use when
capturing a sample of animals, marking them
and recapturing them later?
Very confident I am right!
+/- 10pts
Somewhat confident
8. __Caladogram____ What type of chat is used
to identify relationships between organisms?
+/- 5pts
I have no idea if I am right!
9. __NCBI______ What is the name of the Data+/- 0pts
Base used to store the known genomes of
organisms?
10.__Behavioral__ What type of isolation is expressed between 2 birds with different
songs?
Name __________________________________
Date ___________
Evolution Quiz
Period __________
1. _______________ Who is the author of “On Origin of the Species by means of natural
selection” published in 1859?
2. _______________ Who introduced the idea that we exist in an “Illusionary world” and it
coexists with a perfect “Real” world?
3. ______________ Who established the binomial nomenclature for the identification of
organisms?
4. _______________ Who spent time in the Paris basin observing different strata of rock
laying the foundation that extinction had occured?
5. _______________ Who tried to present the concept of Natural Selection in 1809 but
was unsuccessful?
6. _______________ What prezygomatic barrier
would keep 2 animals of similar species from
mating if they lived on 2 separate islands?
Confidence Chart for Question
#7 only
7. _______________ What method for
determining a population would you use when
capturing a sample of animals, marking them
and recapturing them later?
Very confident I am right!
+/- 10pts
Somewhat confident
8. ________________ What type of chat is used
to identify relationships between organisms?
+/- 5pts
I have no idea if I am right!
9. _______________ What is the name of the
+/- 0pts
Data-Base used to store the known genomes of
organisms?
10._______________ What type of isolation is expressed between 2 birds with different
songs?