Evolution End Of Topic Test

Question 1

What is Evolution?

Answer 1

The idea that all species have gradually developed over millions of years from the simplest living things to complex animals we see today

Question 2

How are giraffes adapted for their environment?

Answer 2

Long necks to eat from tall branches

Question 3

What is ‘survival of the fittest’ ?

Answer 3

Animals who were best adapted for their environment would survive longer (to breed)

Question 4

Individuals with specific characteristics that are better _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the environment
will survive
These individuals pass their _ _ _ _ _ on to their offspring
Leads to a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ change in characteristics (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)
If environmental changes occur rapidly and the organisms do not have appropriate adaptations, the species may become _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Answer 4

Adapted
Genes
Gradual
Evolution
Extinct

Question 5

Why was Darwin’s theory not originally accepted?

Answer 5

1. Religion - most people thought the theory was blasphemous
2. There wasn’t enough evidence for the theory at the time

Question 6

Give me 3 pieces of evidence for Darwin’s theory

Answer 6

1. Fossils - animals aren’t the same as they used to be
2. DNA analysis and classification
3. Antibiotic resistant bacteria

Question 7

What are fossils?

Answer 7

Any preserved body part of an organism that lived in the distant past (10,000+ yrs)

Question 8

What are the three theory’s for the extinction of the dinosaurs?

Answer 8

1. Meteor Strike
2. Gigantic volcano
3. Climate change

Question 9

What does extinction mean?

Answer 9

That a species doesn’t exist anymore