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Evolution Review Game - Biology
Test Description: Review for biology final
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is evolution?
A
Study of fossils
B
Change over time
C
Study of life
D
Best for the environment survive
2) A measure of an organisms ability to survive and reproduce is...
A
Selection
B
Variation
C
Adaptation
D
Fitness
3) When two species live in a similar environment, and evolve similar traits this is called...
A
Natural selection
B
Divergent evolution
C
Convergent evolution
D
Artificial Selection
4) Which is a mechanism of evolution?
A
Natural Selection
B
Artificial Selection
C
Genetic Drift
D
All of the above
5) Birds and butterflies both have wings, but their common ancestor did not have wings. Their wings are an example of...
A
Analogous structures
B
Homologous structures
C
Vestigial structures
D
Embryology
6) Which is an example of a vestigial structure in humans?
A
10 fingers and toes
B
Backbone
C
Bones in arms
D
Wisdom teeth
7) In the desert, light colored lizards match the color of the sand. What do you think will happen to the number of lizards over time?
A
Light number will increase (become more)
B
Cannot predict from the information given
C
Light number will not change
D
Light number will decrease (become less)
8) Cladograms show...
A
Family disease history
B
Evolutionary relationships
C
Data from an experiment
D
Potential offspring
9) Lamarck believed in...
A
Natural selection as a mechanism of evolution
B
Inheritance of acquired traits
10) Which is an example of a fossil?
A
All of the above
B
Dinosaur bones
C
Preserved footprints
D
Animal droppings (poop)
11) Which is NOT a part of natural selection?
A
Communication
B
Competition
C
Adaptation
D
Variation
12) Evolution happens to individuals
A
True
B
False
13) Charles Darwin came up with
A
Changes in the earth
B
Study of fossils
C
Evolution
D
Natural selection as a mechanism for evolution
14) A population of fish get separated from the main population. After 1000 years they are reunited but now have different traits. What happened?
A
Artificial Selection
B
Divergent evolution
C
Sexual Selection
D
Convergent evolution
15) Embryology is...
A
Used to see similar characteristics
B
Study of how organisms develop
C
All of the above
D
Evidence of evolution
16) Organisms fighting for resources is called
A
Adaptation
B
Selection
C
Competition
D
Variation
17) Differences between organisms are called....
A
Competition
B
Selection
C
Adaptation
D
Variation
18) When comparing DNA sequences between organisms...
A
The more differences in DNA, the more closely related the organisms are
B
The fewer differences in DNA, the more closely the organisms are
C
The fewer differences in DNA, the more similar the organisms are
D
The more differences in DNA, the more similar the organisms are
19) The formation of a new species is called
A
Adaptation
B
Variation
C
Fossilization
D
Speciation
20) This scientists said the earth was older than 6000 years and that some species share a common ancestor.
A
Erasmus Darwin
B
Georges Louis Lecler de Buffon
C
Charles Darwin
D
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
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