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Evolution Quiz
(1-7 2 pts. each, 8-9 5.5 pts. each)
1.
What is the scientific law that Darwin is best known for?
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2.
What scientific law did Darwin use to explain how populations change over time?
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3. What is a group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same area at
the same time known as? __________________________________________
4. What theory did Darwin’s observations lead him to propose?
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5. What is the ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in its environment known as?
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6. What are inherited characteristics that increase an organism’s chance of survival known as?
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7. What is the principle that many or all living organisms are related together through
common ancestors, and that when carried back far enough you could produce a single
family “tree of life” linking all living things known as?
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8. What are three of the main points of the theory of evolution?
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B. ____________________________________________________________________
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C. ____________________________________________________________________
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9. What
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B.
C.
are three of the major categories of evidence for evolution?
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