Evolution Test Review
Evolution Test Review
1. When was earth formed?
2. During which era are humans
1. When was earth formed?
2. During which era are humans
present?
3. What are some ways that fossils can
be formed?
present?
3. What are some ways that fossils can
be formed?
4. If you find fossil coral and fish in
4. If you find fossil coral and fish in
one layer, and in a layer just above,
you find the fossil imprint of a ferns,
what can you assume?
5. What is a homologous structure?
6. What is natural selection?
7. The founder of modern evolution
theory is considered to be _____.
8. A snake has leg bones. What is this
called?
9. What was early earth probably like?
10. Where did Darwin travel to get his
ideas? What was his theory called?
11. Give an example of artificial
selection.
12. Give an example of mimicry.
13. According to natural selection, why
do giraffes have long necks?
14. The climate has changed and it is
now snowy. Local animals now
have different adaptations. A.
Choose one of the following
animals and list three new
adaptations that may help him or her
survive: coyote, rabbit, hawk,
rattlesnake B. Use the process of
natural selection to explain how
your animal got these adaptations.
14. A scientist was examining layers of
sedimentary rock. In one layer was a
polar bear fossil. In a deeper layer
was an alligator fossil. A. Which
fossil is older and why? B. How do
you think the environment has
changed over time?
one layer, and in a layer just above,
you find the fossil imprint of a ferns,
what can you assume?
5. What is a homologous structure?
6. What is natural selection?
7. The founder of modern evolution
theory is considered to be _____.
8. A snake has leg bones. What is this
called?
9. What was early earth probably like?
10. Where did Darwin travel to get his
ideas? What was his theory called?
11. Give an example of artificial
selection.
12. Give an example of mimicry.
13. According to natural selection, why
do giraffes have long necks?
14. The climate has changed and it is
now snowy. Local animals now
have different adaptations. A.
Choose one of the following
animals and list three new
adaptations that may help him or her
survive: coyote, rabbit, hawk,
rattlesnake B. Use the process of
natural selection to explain how
your animal got these adaptations.
14. A scientist was examining layers of
sedimentary rock. In one layer was a
polar bear fossil. In a deeper layer
was an alligator fossil. A. Which
fossil is older and why? B. How do
you think the environment has
changed over time?
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