This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Biology > Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A type of natural selection which acts upon an organisms ability to obtain a mate A) Sexual Selection. B) Stamen. C) Charles Darwin. D) Variation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sexual Selection. 2. What earth worm adaptation is an example of a physiological adaptation A) Digging deeper when its cold. B) Having 5 hearts. C) Producing Mucus to stay dry. D) Stream line body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producing Mucus to stay dry. 3. Are a diverse group of warm-blooded animals that are distinguished by several key characteristics, including having hair or fur, producing milk to feed their young, and having specialized teeth for different types of feeding. A) Amniotes. B) Mammals. C) Fish. D) Deuterostomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mammals. 4. What is most likely to happen to the lizards of a certain species when the food supply is limited? A) Lizards cooperate to find food and share what they find with the other lizards. B) The lizards learn to eat another food supply. C) Genetic changes that would allow lizards to eat new food sources are likely to be produced. D) Lizards unable to compete for food will die of starvation and malnutrition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lizards unable to compete for food will die of starvation and malnutrition. 5. The macroevolutionary theory which shows the slowest change over time is called ..... A) Macroevolution. B) Neo-Darwinism. C) Darwinism. D) Punctuated equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Darwinism. 6. Is a diagram that illustrates the evolutionary relationships between different species of organisms. It shows how all living organisms are related through a common ancestor and how they have diversified over time through the processes of evolution and natural selection. A) Taxonomy. B) Radial Symmetry. C) Bilateral symmetry. D) Tree of Life-Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tree of Life-Symbiosis. 7. All of today's camels are descended from the same camel ancestors. These ancestors lived in ..... A) Africa. B) North America. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North America. 8. What evidence of evolution? Humans and sea stars both have radial cleavage in the early embryonic development. A) Comparative embryology. B) Geographic distribution. C) Comparative anatomy. D) Comparative biochemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparative embryology. 9. Adaptations develop over many generations. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. When did Charles Darwin live? A) 1600s. B) 1700s. C) 1800s. D) 1900s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1800s. 11. Is the idea that some individuals are better adapted to their environment than others. The better-adapted individuals are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species. A) Natural selection. B) Evolution. C) Biology. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural selection. 12. The only way for evolution to happen is if the population ..... A) Contains natural variation of traits. B) Reproduces sexually. C) Is large enough. D) Is in a new environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contains natural variation of traits. 13. Grouping living thing in an orderly way is the job of a A) Computer specialist. B) Taxonomist. C) Microscopist. D) Chemist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taxonomist. 14. The naturalist who proposed that evolution happens through natural selection was ..... A) John Muir. B) Mrs. Holder. C) Charles Darwin. D) Gregor Mendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charles Darwin. 15. Which of the following is NOT generally a characteristic of complex, advanced organisms? A) Mesoderm. B) Bilateral symmetry. C) True tissues and organs. D) Sessile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sessile. 16. What type of barrier inhibits the eastern and western skunks that reproduce at different times of the year (different seasons)? A) Behavioral isolation. B) Habitat isolation. C) Temporal isolation. D) Ecological isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal isolation. 17. The average individuals in a population are favored in ..... selection. A) Directional. B) Natural. C) Disruptive. D) Stabilizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stabilizing. 18. Which is an example of a cline? A) Males have brighter colors than females. B) Males in a species have different size antlers. Having larger antlers is better for fighting. C) Hybrid tomato plants are more resistant to pesticides than the non-hybrid parents. D) Snow shoe rabbits vary in color based on latitude. The more snow, the lighter the color. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snow shoe rabbits vary in color based on latitude. The more snow, the lighter the color. 19. Linage that is not closely related to the rest of the organisms? A) In-group. B) Out-group. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Out-group. 20. What will most likely happen if a species can no longer produce offspring? A) It will become extinct. B) It will evolve into another species. C) It will move into a new environment and adapt. D) It will begin to mutate into another organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It will become extinct. 21. The competition between members of the same species is called ..... struggle. A) Intra-specific. B) Inter-specific. C) Environmental. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intra-specific. 22. 2 types of evolution are convergent evolution and divergent evolution A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Which of the following experiments would best demonstrate the role of a keystone species? A) Removing a keystone species from an ecosystem and observing the changes. B) Introducing a new species into an ecosystem and observing the changes. C) Increasing the population of a keystone species and observing the changes. D) Decreasing the population of a non-keystone species and observing the changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Removing a keystone species from an ecosystem and observing the changes. 24. Which best describes mutations? A) Always neutral. B) Always helpful. C) Always harmful. D) Can be helpful or harmful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can be helpful or harmful. 25. -Another form of evidence of evolution is the convergence of forms in organisms that share similar environments-can also occur in response to ecological niches, such as in the evolution of burrowing animals like moles and armadillos, which have similar adaptations for digging underground. A) Vestigial structures. B) Atavistic Structures. C) Convergent Evolution. D) Divergent Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convergent Evolution. 26. These structures share a common function but not structure ex) the wing of a bird and the wing of an insect A) Homozygous. B) Vestigial. C) Homologous. D) Analogous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogous. 27. Natural selection allows you to: A) Live longer. B) Evolve and reproduce. C) Mutate and grow. D) Meditate and relax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evolve and reproduce. 28. The end of a species A) Adaptive radiation. B) Adaptation. C) Common ancestor. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extinction. 29. Bird wings and butterfly wings are an example of A) Mimicry. B) Analogous structure. C) Camoflague. D) Homologous structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogous structure. 30. Similarities in early development, or Embryos of an animal is called ..... A) Biogeography. B) Embryology. C) Natural Selection. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Embryology. 31. A mistake or change that occurs in the DNA sequence is called a ..... A) Speciation. B) Mutation. C) Extinction. D) Genetic Variation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutation. 32. The time between birth and and an individuals reproduction is called A) Years. B) Reaching adulthood. C) Gaining maturity. D) A generation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A generation. 33. A clear fish imprint in a rock indicates the rock is ..... A) Igneous. B) Sedimentary. C) Volcanic. D) Metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary. 34. The name of the scientist who proposed the theory of evolution by acquired traits. A) Charles Darwin. B) Jean Baptist Lamarck. C) Greggor Mendel. D) Carolus Linneaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jean Baptist Lamarck. 35. The experimental proof was provided to the theory of chemical evolution by ..... A) Stanley Miller. B) Darwin. C) Mendel. D) Lamarck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanley Miller. 36. The process of new species coming to be is known is called ..... A) Biogeography. B) Temporal Isolation. C) Speciation. D) Genetic Drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speciation. 37. What is selective breeding also known as? A) Artificial selection. B) Divergent evolution. C) Common ancestry. D) Natural selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artificial selection. 38. AP Biology Evidence of Evolution A) The presence of vestigial structures in organisms. B) The occurrence of genetic drift in small populations. C) The role of enzymes in metabolic pathways. D) The process of photosynthesis in plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The presence of vestigial structures in organisms. 39. Features of different species that are similar in function but not necessarily in structure and which do not derive from a common ancestral feature A) Analogous Structure. B) Biogeography. C) Vestigial structure. D) Homologous Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogous Structure. 40. The 8 levels of classification, from most broad to most specific, are A) Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. B) Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species. C) Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order. D) Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. 41. Natural selection would select for: A) Better camouflage for hiding. B) Bigger, redder, neck sack to attract females. C) Bigger antlers to beat up other deer. D) Loss of alleles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Better camouflage for hiding. 42. What was probably the first organism on Earth? A) Plants. B) Bacteria. C) Alligators. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 43. Adaptations can be: A) Camouflage. B) Ability to survive cold weather. C) Hunting skills. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 44. The mole rat is an animal with long claws and teeth for digging deep holes. Scientists think the ancestors of the mole rat lived above ground and had shorter claws and teeth. Which of the following processes resulted in the long claws and teeth that are traits of the mole rat? A) Genetic engineering. B) Selective breeding. C) Natural selection. D) Asexual reproduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural selection. 45. Which of these are main ideas in Darwin's Theory of Evolution? A) Species are static, unable to change. B) Evolution occurs, organisms change over time. and natural selection is what causes evolution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evolution occurs, organisms change over time. and natural selection is what causes evolution. 46. Bacterial growth is A) Fast. B) Slow. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fast. 47. According to ..... mutation is a misprint of cell division A) Lamark. B) Dobzhansky. C) Spencer. D) Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dobzhansky. 48. When a population becomes better suited to its habitat A) Adaptation. B) Variation. C) Gene pool. D) Adaptive radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adaptation. 49. ..... is the evolutionary history of a group of related organisms. A) Phylogeny. B) Cladistics. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phylogeny. 50. The combination of alleles, situated on corresponding chromosomes, that determines a specific trait of an individual, such as "Aa" or "aa" . A) Phenotype. B) Genotype. C) Mutation. D) Gene Flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genotype. 51. Video Click HereHow do transitional fossils and forms support the theory of evolution? A) Transitional forms show descent with modification and change. B) DNA can be reliably taken from very old fossils. C) We can find every transitional form that was ever made. D) Transitional forms do not support the theory of evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitional forms show descent with modification and change. 52. This is a group of organisms that includes an ancestor and all of its descendants A) Evolution. B) Clade. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clade. 53. Animals are born with their adaptations due to genes. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. Which period belongs to the Paleozoic era and not the Cenozoic era? A) Devonian. B) Paleogene. C) Quaternary. D) Neogene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devonian. 55. Remains are a type of ..... A) French toast. B) Fossil. C) Darwin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil. 56. Earth's early atmosphere had no A) Gasses. B) Free oxygen. C) Volcanoes. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free oxygen. 57. Two clades that emerge from the same node are ..... A) Sister taxa. B) Family taxa. C) Relative taxa. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sister taxa. 58. Based upon the conditions of the early Earth, which forms of live most likely appeared first? A) Prokaryotic and aerobic. B) Prokaryotic and anaerobic. C) Eukaryotic and aerobic. D) Eukaryotic and anaerobic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prokaryotic and anaerobic. 59. Evolution is considered to be one of the most important theories in science, because it A) Was developed more than 100 years ago. B) Is not supported by the fossil record. C) Unites the fields of biology, geology, chemistry, and ecology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unites the fields of biology, geology, chemistry, and ecology. 60. Relating to origin is known as A) Fossil. B) Genetic. C) Trait. D) Natural selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 1Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 2Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 3Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 4Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 5Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 6Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 7Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books