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Grade 9 Evolution
New species can form in what type of evolution?
  1. Speciation
  2. divergent evolution
  3. convergent evolution
  4. None of the above.
Grade 9 Evolution
Many ancestral species have all evolved into similar looking species. How is this achieved?
  1. divergent evolution
  2. selective breeding
  3. convergent evolution
  4. Theory of Transmutation of Species
Grade 9 Evolution
Darwin’s theory of evolution suggests that
  1. species change over time.
  2. different species can interbreed.
  3. extinct species are not related to living species.
  4. animals that look alike are the most closely related.
Grade 9 Evolution
It is the belief of many scientists that birds descended from
  1. mammal-like reptiles.
  2. amphibians.
  3. mammals.
  4. snakes.
  5. dinosaurs.
Grade 9 Evolution
                      believed that evolution primarily arose from inheriting acquired traits.
  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Charles Darwin
  3. Erasmus Darwin
  4. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Grade 9 Evolution
What are traits that are altered by an individual organism called?
  1. inherited traits
  2. heritable triats
  3. acquired characteristics
  4. inherited characteristics
Grade 9 Evolution
When farmers breed the largest hogs, the fastest horses, or the cows that produce the most milk, this practice is called
  1. homologous variation.
  2. survival of the fittest.
  3. artificial selection.
  4. natural selection.
Grade 9 Evolution
Why do whales have leg bones?
  1. Whales use to live on land.
  2. It was an accidental growth and is not a leg bone.
  3. It is uncommon for whales to have this type of bone.
  4. It is a part of their tail.
Grade 9 Evolution
Which scenario is an example of natural selection?
  1. a black labrador used for hunting
  2. a siamese cat with unusual coloring
  3. a horse bred for racing
  4. bacteria resistant to antibiotics
Grade 9 Evolution
Structures that have different mature forms but that develop from the same embryonic structure are
  1. homologous structures.
  2. vegetable structures.
  3. natural selection.
  4. fossils.
Grade 9 Evolution
What was the title of Darwin’s first work on evolution?
  1. On the Beginning of Organisms
  2. On the Origin of Species
  3. Off the Origin of Species
  4. On the End of Organisms
Grade 9 Evolution
Natural selection occurs when organisms adapt to their environment and
  1. transfer genes laterally.
  2. lose chromosomes.
  3. reproduce.
  4. die off.
Grade 9 Evolution
Jean Baptiste Lamarck is known for his theory of
  1. evolution by acquired traits.
  2. evolution by natural selection.
  3. Darwin's finches.
  4. Galapagos tortoises.
Grade 9 Evolution
The idea that a giraffe with a short neck could stretch its neck to reach leaves on higher branches, then later pass that long neck to its offspring, is an example of
  1. evolution by acquired traits.
  2. evolution by natural selection.
  3. Darwin's finches.
  4. Galapagos tortoises.
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