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- 1. Multiple Choice
Many species that lived in the past no longer exist today. So how do we know about them?
Books
Internet
Word-of-Mouth
Fossils
- 2. Multiple Choice
Organisms with traits that are best suited for their environments are likely to have a greater chance for survival. These helpful traits, which arise due to genetic mutations, are known as _____________________.
Mutation
Adaptations
Natural Selection
Evolution
- 3. Multiple Choice
All living things that are best adapted to their environments will be more likely to survive. This idea is known as _____________________ ____________________.
Mutation
Adaptations
Natural Selection
Evolution
- 4. Multiple Choice
In 1859, Charles Darwin proposed a theory based on the concept of natural selection. His theory explains the evidence of the gradual changes of all organisms over millions of years. This theory is known as the Theory of __________________.
Mutation
Adaptations
Natural Selection
Evolution
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why is relative dating useful? What does it tell scientists?
It tells scientists the exact, precise age of specimens.
It tells scientists the approximate age of specimens, compared to other known examples.
Scientists rarely use relative dating.
Relative dating is the best way to learn about Earth's history.
- 6. Multiple Choice
An inability to adapt to environmental changes can lead to death of all members of a species. This is called _______________________.
Expatriation
Examination
Extermination
Extinction
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is another name for natural selection?survival of the smartestsurvival of the fastestsurvival of the biggestsurvival of the fittest
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?
filtration
mutation
variation
adaptation
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?speciesorganismembryologyvestigial
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is this an example of?diversity of speciesvariationvestigial structuresDNA studies - 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich layer is the oldest?1234
- 12. Multiple Choice
Predict which moth would increase in population and why
Left hand moth because it is not camouflaged
Right hand moth because it is not camouflaged
Left hand moth because it is camouflaged
Right hand moth because it is camouflaged
- 13. Multiple ChoiceDarwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________increase in numberbecome extinct
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA remnant or trace of an organism from the past is called a _______.AncestorSkeletonFossilImprints
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhy are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.Because they come from dominant alleles.Because they come from recessive alleles.Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following traits is not inherited?Fur colorFeathersHair colorA suntan
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which is a trace fossil?
bone
a cast
an animal track
amber fossil
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which type of rock are most fossils found?
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
igneous rock
fossils
- 19. Multiple Choice
An animal has sharp, pointy teeth, what can we infer about this animal?
The animal lived in the water
The animal lived near the beach.
The animal is a carnivore.
The animal only ate plants.
- 20. Multiple Choice
If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what can they infer?
An animal ate the fish.
The water covered the area long ago.
Today's fish looks the same
The fish is endangered.
- 21. Multiple Choice
How are an elephant and a mammoth alike?
They are both endangered.
They are both extinct.
They both have tusks.
They both live in a warm climate.
- 22. Multiple Choice
What statement is true about fossils?
All living organisms leave behind fossils.
Fossils show that camels never change.
Some living things have not really changed in millions of years.
Plant fossils have never changed.
- 23. Multiple Choice
What needs to happen FIRST for a fossil to form?
A plant or animal must be covered by sediment.
A plant or animal must die and decompose.
Sediments fill a a mold to form a cast.
An earthquake shifts the land up.
- 24. Multiple Choice
This type of fossil is tree sap hardened and replaced by minerals.
Petrified wood
Imprint
True form
Mold
- 25. Multiple Choice
Turtles look much like they did millions of years ago. What can we infer about turtle fossils?
They did not change over time.
The turtle survived the ice age.
Turtles went extinct.
Turtles were never endangered.
- 26. Multiple Choice
What can we infer about animals with blunt
teeth?
They ate other animals.
They ate only plants.
They ate nothing.
They only ate fish.
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