1. FLIP Name: _____________________ Period: ___ Test 4-1
Multiple Choice: Choose the very best answer to each question using the 4 choices provided. 3 points each
1. All living things:
a. Need food
b. Need shelter
c. Are capable of locomotion
d. All of the above
2. A large difference between the Animal and
Plant kingdom is:
a. Where they live
b. Their size
c. Ability to respond to environments
d. How they get food
3. Humans categorize and classify forms of life on our
planet in order to:
a. Increase chances for survival
b. Better understand relationships between organisms
c. Keep track of new discoveries
4. A grouping based on the ability of members to successfully produce offspring with one another is:
a. Kingdom
b. Class
c. Family
d. Species
5. What is the most exclusive or unique category shared by Tigers and Lions?
a. Animal
b. Vertebrate
c. Mammal
d. Feline (Cat)
6. Which of the following animals shares the most recent ancestor with you?
a. Butterfly
b. Squid
c. Starfish
d. Shark
7. Which specific adaptation allows a polar bear to
survive in the Tundra?
a. Paws
b. Blubber Layer
c. Teeth
d. Fur
8. Most importantly, adaptations must improve a species’ ability to:
a. Eat
b. Escape threats
c. Get oxygen and water
d. Reproduce
9. Successful adaptations arise from:
a. The slow accumulation of individual mutations
b. Radical changes stemming from one generation
c. Helpful characteristics passed down by many generations
d. Both A and C
10. The scientist most closely connected to the Theory
of Evolution by Natural Selection is:
a. Charles Darwin
b. Alfred Wegener
c. Gregor Mendel
d. Bernie Mac
11. The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection was partially inspired by:
a. Finches in the Galapagos islands
b. Mummified remains in Egypt
c. Chimpanzees in Angola
d. Dinosaur fossils in North America
12. The book introducing evolution - “On the Origin of Species” was first published in:
a. Mid 1400’s
b. Late 1600’s
c. Mid 1800’s
d. Late 1900’s
13. The best way to describe evolution is:
a. Change over time
b. Getting stronger
c. Growing new parts
d. None of the above
14. The time required for a population of large animals
to noticeably change is typically around:
a. 10’s of years
b. 100’s of years
c. Millions of years
d. Trillions of years
15. Our species, Homo Sapiens:
a. Is a descendant of modern day chimpanzees
b. Has no historical fossil record
c. Is now extinct
d. Was better adapted than other similar but extinct hominids
16. Which does not promote biodiversity:
a. Isolation of a species
b. Inactivity among environments and species
c. Mutation
d. Sexual reproduction
17. All life scientists rely on the evolution model because:
a. They always like to agree with other scientists
b. They don’t fully understand it
c. Supporting facts are numerous, diverse, and conclusive
d. It has been traditionally in place for some time
18. Evidence for evolutionary processes comes from:
a. The fossils of extinct life
b. The study of existing life
c. The recent understanding of genetics
d. All of the above
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25. The most common type of rock for fossil
preservation is:
a. Igneous
b. Sedimentary
c. Metamorphic
d. Fossialic
19. Genetic traits are passed on through:
a. Random Events
b. Reproduction
c. Environmental contact
d. None of the above
20. Natural Selection does not attempt to explain how:
a. Different species come to be
b. Life first arose from non-life
c. Some traits are selected over others
d. Useful traits accumulate
21. Mutations do not explain how:
a. Helpful characteristics first appear
b. Harmful characteristics first appear
c. Single organisms are altered
d. Traits are passed on
26. Our planet’s oldest (earliest) fossils:
a. Are found in the “deepest” layers of rock
b. Are found in the shallowest layers of rock
c. Are found equally in all rock layers
d. Are found not in rock, but in ice
27. A limitation to the study of fossils is that:
a. It is a relatively new area of study
b. Some areas of the globe have been less accessible
c. It is very challenging to make sense of remains
d. All of the above
28. A primary understanding of the fossil record
depends on the:
a. Layering of rock
b. Size of the area studied
c. Type of Geologist
d. None of the above
22. Natural Selection may have been difficult to
comprehend at first because:
a. It was not explained properly
b. Examples were not provided
c. The geologic time necessary for it to function
was hard to imagine
d. There were no scientists at this time
23. Fossils are rare because:
a. Only certain parts of organisms can fossilize
b. Very few organisms have died
c. They are only found in North America
d. Fossils are very common, silly
24. The study of fossils is termed:
a. Paleontology
b. Geology
c. Archaeology
d. Fossiology
29. The skeletal structure of a whale fin indicates that:
a. It evolved from a land ancestor
b. It is most closely related to a fish
c. It is not a mammal
d. Every part of an organism is useful
30. Which aspect of the fossil record adds direct
support to the process of evolution?
a. Finding all organisms randomly scattered in layers
b. Noticing that complex organisms make up a small
minority of the specimens found
c. Finding the remains of all past and present
organisms together in the same layer of sediment
d. Discovering extinct transitional forms that link
branches on the tree of life
Directions: Fill in the timeline below by ordering the events listed. 1 point each
Earth Formation
(Past)
31. ___
32. ___
33. ___
34. ___
35. ___
36. ___
37. ___
38. ___
39. ___
40. ___
A. First Mammals
B. First Life appears
C. Earth cools and crust forms
D. Multi-celled organisms appear
E. Dinosaurs become extinct
F. Water now exists as a liquid
G. First Vertebrates
H. First Amphibians
I. First “Humans”
J. 40 million years ago
(Present)
You Taking This Test
Score: _____
100