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EVOLUTION QUESTIONS
Question 1
• Which scientist formulated the theory of
evolution through natural selection?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Charles Darwin
James Hutton
Charles Lyell
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Question 1
• Which scientist formulated the theory of
evolution through natural selection?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Charles Darwin
James Hutton
Charles Lyell
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Question 2
The ability of an individual organism to survive
and reproduce in its natural environment is
called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Natural selection
Evolution
Adaptation
Fitness
Question 2
The ability of an individual organism to survive
and reproduce in its natural environment is
called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Natural selection
Evolution
Adaptation
Fitness
Question 3
• The French scientist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck did
NOT propose which of the following theories?
A. All organisms have a common ancestor
B. Species change over time
C. Traits acquired by individuals can be passed
to offspring
D. The surface of Earth changes over time.
Question 3
• The French scientist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck did
NOT propose which of the following theories?
A. All organisms have a common ancestor
B. Species change over time
C. Traits acquired by individuals can be passed
to offspring
D. The surface of Earth changes over time.
Question 4
• Which of the following does NOT provide
evidence that living things have been evolving
for millions of years?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fossil record
Natural vegetation
Geographical distribution of living things
Homologous structures of living organisms
Question 4
• Which of the following does NOT provide
evidence that living things have been evolving
for millions of years?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fossil record
Natural variation within a species
Geographical distribution of living things
Homologous structures of living organisms
Question 5
• Which of the following is not an important concept
in Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural
selection?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Struggle for existence
Inheritance of acquired traits
Survival of the fittest
Descent with modification
Question 5
• Which of the following is not an important concept
in Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural
selection?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Struggle for existence
Inheritance of acquired traits
Survival of the fittest
Descent with modification
Question 6
• Darwin’s ideas about inheritable variation
were influenced by plant and animal breeders
who practiced
A.
B.
C.
D.
Natural selection
Artificial selection
Common descent
extinction
Question 6
• Darwin’s ideas about inheritable variation
were influenced by plant and animal breeders
who practiced
A.
B.
C.
D.
Natural selection
Artificial selection
Common descent
extinction
Question 7
• Lyell’s Principles of Geology influenced Darwin
because it explained how
A.
B.
C.
D.
Organisms change over time
Adaptations occur
The surface of the Earth changes over time
The Galapagos Islands were formed
Question 7
• Lyell’s Principles of Geology influenced Darwin
because it explained how
A.
B.
C.
D.
Organisms change over time
Adaptations occur
The surface of the Earth changes over time
The Galapagos Islands were formed
QUESTION 8
• A bird’s wings are homologous to a(an)
A.
B.
C.
D.
A fish’s tailfin
Dolphin’s tail
Dog’s front legs
Mosquito’s wings
QUESTION 8
• A bird’s wings are homologous to a(an)
A.
B.
C.
D.
A fish’s tailfin
Dolphin’s tail
Dog’s front legs
Mosquito’s wings
QUESTION 9
• What process produced
the two different types of
beaks shown?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Artificial selection
Natural selection
Geographical distribution
Inheritance of acquired
traits
QUESTION 10
• The large ground finch obtains
food by cracking seeds. Its short,
strong beak is an example of
A. The struggle for existence
B. The tendency toward perfection
C. The inheritance of acquired
traits
D. An adaptation
QUESTION 10
• The large ground finch obtains
food by cracking seeds. Its short,
strong beak is an example of
A. The struggle for existence
B. The tendency toward perfection
C. The inheritance of acquired
traits
D. An adaptation
QUESTION 11
• Who observed variations in the characteristics
of animals and plants on the different islands
of the Galapagos?
A.
B.
C.
D.
James Hutton
Charles Lyell
Charles Darwin
Thomas Malthus
QUESTION 11
• Who observed variations in the characteristics
of animals and plants on the different islands
of the Galapagos?
A.
B.
C.
D.
James Hutton
Charles Lyell
Charles Darwin
Thomas Malthus
QUESTION 12
• In addition to observing living organisms,
Darwin studied the preserved remains of
ancient organisms, called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fossils
Adaptations
Homologous structures
Vestigial Organs
QUESTION 12
• In addition to observing living organisms,
Darwin studied the preserved remains of
ancient organisms, called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fossils
Adaptations
Homologous structures
Vestigial Organs
QUESTION 13
• Which of the following ideas proposed by
Lamarck was later found to be incorrect?
A. Acquired characteristics can be inherited
B. All species were descended from other
species
C. Living things change over time
D. Organisms are adapted to their environment
QUESTION 13
• Which of the following ideas proposed by
Lamarck was later found to be incorrect?
A. Acquired characteristics can be inherited
B. All species were descended from other
species
C. Living things change over time
D. Organisms are adapted to their environment
QUESTION 14
• Differences among individuals of a species are
referred to as
A.
B.
C.
D.
Natural variation
Fitness
Natural selection
Adaptation
QUESTION 14
• Differences among individuals of a species are
referred to as
A.
B.
C.
D.
Natural variation
Fitness
Natural selection
Adaptation
QUESTION 15
• Which would an animal breeder use to
produce cows that give more milk?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Overproduction
Genetic Isolation
Acquired Characteristics
Artificial Selection
QUESTION 15
• Which would an animal breeder use to
produce cows that give more milk?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Overproduction
Genetic Isolation
Acquired Characteristics
Artificial Selection
QUESTION 16
• An inherited characteristic that increases an
organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in
its specific environment is called a(an)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Vestigial organ
Adaptation
Speciation
Radiation
QUESTION 16
• An inherited characteristic that increases an
organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in
its specific environment is called a(an)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Vestigial organ
Adaptation
Speciation
Radiation
QUESTION 17
• The concept that each living species has descended,
with changes, from other species over time is
referred to as
A.
B.
C.
D.
Descent with modification
Artificial Selection
Theory of acquired characteristics
Natural selection
QUESTION 17
• The concept that each living species has descended,
with changes, from other species over time is
referred to as
A.
B.
C.
D.
Descent with modification
Artificial Selection
Theory of acquired characteristics
Natural selection
QUESTION 18
• Fitness is a result of
A.
B.
C.
D.
Adaptations
Homologies
Common descent
Variation
QUESTION 18
• Fitness is a result of
A.
B.
C.
D.
Adaptations
Homologies
Common descent
Variation
QUESTION 19
• Structures that have different mature forms but
develop from the same embryonic tissue are
A.
B.
C.
D.
Vestigial organs
Adaptations
Homologous structures
fossils
QUESTION 19
• Structures that have different mature forms but
develop from the same embryonic tissue are
A.
B.
C.
D.
Vestigial organs
Adaptations
Homologous structures
Fossils
QUESTION 20
• The economist who reasoned that if the human
population continued to grow unchecked,
eventually there would not be enough resources
was
A.
B.
C.
D.
Lamarch
Darwin
Malthus
Lyell
QUESTION 20
• The economist who reasoned that if the human
population continued to grow unchecked,
eventually there would not be enough resources
was
A.
B.
C.
D.
Lamarch
Darwin
Malthus
Lyell