Evolution Pretest 2020-2021

Test your knowledge of Evolution! This 8th Grade Pretest covers natural selection, Charles Darwin, and more. Ideal for review.

Who wrote "On the Origin of Species"? Pablo Picasso Charles Darwin Alfred Wallace Evolution can be defined as the change in the gene pool of a population over time. true false Which of the following is key features of the theory of evolution? Each species produces more offspring than can survive. Offspring compete with one another for limited resources. Organisms in populations are genetically unique. Offspring with the most favorable traits are the most likely to survive and pass on their genes. Which of the following is NOT true about natural selection? It ensures that only the biggest and the strongest organisms survive. It explains how environments affect which organisms live and reproduce. It depends on both inheritance and variation. It results in adaptations that improve an organism’s chances of survival. What does the "fittest" mean in an evolutionary sense? the strongest the longest to live the most reproductively successful the best at avoiding being eaten Charles Darwin was best known in the 19th century for: creating the idea of evolution creating the idea of uniformitarianism making the idea of evolution acceptable for scientists and the educated general public Charles Darwin concluded that the 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands: were identical to 13 finch species in the northwestern South America, 600 miles to the east probably evolved from one ancestral South American species had all adapted to the same food sources 2 3 Sort these into analogous and homologous structures Analogous dragonfly's wings and eagle's wings fins of penguins and fish cockroach leg joints and human leg joints Homologous horse leg and human leg The pelvis of a dog, of a cat and of a human and of a snake The leaves of a pitcher plant, a Venus fly trap, a cactus and a poinsettia