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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is evolution?
When animals move to warmer climates in the winter.
How organisms change across many generations.
The migration of different species through the seasons.
Ancient rock layers and the fossils they contain.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which is the oldest of these four species?
Australopithecines
Tool-making hominins
Neandeethals
Homo sapiens
- 3. Multiple Choice
What characteristic did early hominins share with modern humans?
Speech and language
The inability to live in groups
Small brains
Bipedalism
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why was having a larger brain advantageous for early hominins?
It made them able to walk upright
It helped them to see better
It increased intelligence helped them hunt and survive
It prevented them from making dangerous weapons
- 5. Multiple Choice
According to the theory of evolution, which of the following statements is true?
Humans evolved from chimpanzees.
Chimpanzees evolved from humans.
There is no evolutionary relationship between humans and chimpanzees
Humans and chimps evolved from a common ancestor.
- 6. Multiple Choice
How is a scientific theory different from a guess?
Theories are created by scientists; guesses are made by regular people
Theories are backed up by evidence; guesses are not
Theories are usually longer than guesses
"Theory" is simply a fancier word for "g
- 7. Multiple Choice
What trait is most likely to be passed on from one generation to the next?
A trait that helps a creature avoid predators.
A trait that prevents an animal from seeing well.
A trait that prevents a creature from reproducing.
A trait that has no effect on a creature's life.
- 8. Multiple Choice
If you wanted to excavate fossils of the earliest human ancestors, to what country might you travel?
Australia
China
Ethiopia
Iceland
- 9. Multiple Choice
How did the ancestors of modern humans compare to early hominins that went extinct?
Our ancestors were smarter
Our ancestors were stronger
Our ancestors were more violent
Our ancestors were better-adapted to their environment
- 10. Multiple Choice
What traits do modern humans have that have made them more successful?
Bipedalism, use of tools and language, smaller brains, bigger teeth, opposable thumbs
Bipedalism, use of tools and language, smaller brains, smaller jaw, opposable thumbs
Bipedalism, use of tools and language, larger brains, smaller jaw, opposable thumbs
Bipedalism, tree climbing, smaller brains, bigger teeth, opposable thumbs
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why is walking on two legs an advantage?
We can climb trees faster since we can use our hands
We can see predators better and it frees up our hands to carry things
We get more sun for vitamin D since we are taller
We can reach fruit in trees better.
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