Chapter 6: Changes Over Time
One of the ways in which we use to see into the past is finds of fossils and get a glimpse of what it was like before the inventions that we have today. In chapter six we get to take a trip down in history and see the changes over time. The quiz below is designed to see just how much you know all the best and keep revising the topics!
- 1.Which of the following is considered a scientific theory?
- A.
Radioactive dating
- B.
Fossil record
- C.
Evolution
- D.
Overproduction
- 2.A fossil made of hardened minerals in the shape of the original organism or one of its parts is called a(n)
- A.
Mold
- B.
Variation
- C.
Cast
- D.
Amber
- 3.On the Beagle, Charles Darwin's job was to
- A.
Study the formation of the Galapagos Island
- B.
Learn about the living things he saw on the voyage
- C.
Make a map of the world
- D.
Find evidence of extinct species
- 4.Which of the following is a type of evidence used by scientists to determine evolutionary relationships?
- A.
The location of island in an ocean
- B.
The order of aminoacids in a protein
- C.
The way in which fossils formed
- D.
The food an organism eats
- 5.The technique that allows scientists to determine the actual age of a fossil is called
- A.
Radioactive dating
- B.
Gradualism
- C.
Natural selection
- D.
Relative dating
- 6.An adaptation is any trait that helps an organism
- A.
Survive and reproduce
- B.
Fight better
- C.
Overproduce variations
- D.
Become larger and stronger
- 7.A species is a group of similar organisms that can
- A.
Successfully compete against other species
- B.
Overproduce helpful traits
- C.
Adapt to new environmental conditions
- D.
Mate and produce fertile offspring
- 8.According to this theory, species evolve during short periods of rapid change
- A.
Evolution
- B.
Punctuated equilibria
- C.
Natural selection
- D.
Pangea
- 9.Is the effect caused by limited food and other resources
- A.
Overproduction
- B.
Competition
- C.
Variation
- D.
Fossil
- 10.A diagram that shows how scientists think different groups of organisms are related is called
- A.
Branching tree
- B.
Evolution tree
- C.
Tree of animal life
- D.
Darwin's tree
- 11.Any difference between individuals of the same species is called variation.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.The millions of fossils that scientists have collected make up the fossil record
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Only traits that are learned can be acted upon natural selection
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Related species have similar body structures because they inherited the same genes from a common ancestor
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.The largest span of time in the Geologic Time Scale is the Mesozoic Era
- A.
True
- B.
False
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