This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cranes in a pond eat all of the green frogs causing an increase in survival of brown frogs. What is the selective pressure? A) Cranes. B) Green Frogs. C) Brown Frogs. D) Pond Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranes. 2. Using DNA to determine which organisms are related to others is called: A) Homologous Chromosomes. B) Molecular Biology. C) Vestigial Structures. D) Pharyngeal pouches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Molecular Biology. 3. Descendants from the ultimate common ancestor lived in various habitats and ..... that allowed them to survive and reproduce. A) Gradually accumulated adaptations. B) Quickly accumulated adaptions. C) Punctually accumulated adaptations. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradually accumulated adaptations. 4. Process by which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments A) Convergent evolution. B) Divergent evolution. C) Co-evolution. D) Gene pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent evolution. 5. Fungi are like insects because they both- A) Have cell walls. B) Contain chitin. C) Are autotrophic. D) Have filamentous bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contain chitin. 6. Small, incremental changes accumulating over time A) Gradualism. B) Speciation. C) Natural selection. D) Common descent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradualism. 7. Bacteria are found in many different shapes. What are the 3 most common shapes of bacteria. A) Rod, sphere, spiral. B) Square sphere, spiral. C) Spiral, rectangle, sphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rod, sphere, spiral. 8. The name of the scientist who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection. A) Charles Darwin. B) Jean Baptist Lamarck. C) Greggor Mendel. D) Carolus Linneaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Darwin. 9. What evidence supports the theory of evolution by natural selection? A) The presence of vestigial structures in organisms. B) The uniformity of genetic material across all species. C) The occurrence of genetic drift in small populations. D) The fossil record showing gradual changes over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The fossil record showing gradual changes over time. 10. -is the study of the genetic composition of populations, including distributions and changes in genotype and phenotype frequency in response to the processes of natural selection, genetic drift, mutation and gene flow.-is the study of both experimental and theoretical consequences of Mendelian heredity on the population level. A) Population Genetics. B) Mendelian Population. C) Genetic Drift. D) The Hardy-Weinberg principle of equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population Genetics. 11. Which of these would NOT be a vestigial structure? A) Remains of a second eyelid in humans. B) Humans having an appendix. C) Snakes having a pelvic girdle for leg attachment. D) Octopi having a beak for grinding food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Octopi having a beak for grinding food. 12. The black peppered moth was able to blend in with the ash covered trees after the Industrial Revolution causing them to be less likely seen by predators A) Natural selection. B) Artificial selection. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural selection. 13. When did life on Earth begin? A) 4.6 to 4.0 billion years ago. B) 3.9 to 3.5 billion years ago. C) 4.6 to 4.0 million years ago. D) 3.9 to 3.5 thousand years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.9 to 3.5 billion years ago. 14. Which scientific field studies the geographical distribution of species and provides evidence for evolution by identifying patterns of species distribution? A) Biology. B) Biogeography. C) Zoology. D) Meteorology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biogeography. 15. Evidence from which of the following does not support evolution: A) Analogy. B) Homology. C) Embryology. D) Direct observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 16. ..... is the structures structure that in inherited from ancestors but has lost much or all of its original function A) Homologous Structure. B) Analogous Structure. C) Vestigial Structure. D) Speciation. E) Allele Frequency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vestigial Structure. 17. Variation of traits that happen naturally WITHOUT humans deciding what is useful: A) Artificial Selection. B) Natural Selection. C) Variations. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural Selection. 18. Darwin's finches are an example of A) Adaptive radiation. B) Divergent evolution. C) Founder effect. D) Convergent evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adaptive radiation. 19. What is it called when major evolutionary changes the history of life, involving speciation? A) Speciation. B) Microevolution. C) Macroevolution. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macroevolution. 20. Which of the following refers to the remnants or traces of plants andanimals preserved in strata of the earth that give evidences of their presence in thegeological past? A) Fossils. B) Coprolites. C) Strata. D) Sedimentary rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossils. 21. A structure or organ that seems to serve no purpose, but resembles structures with functional roles in other organisms are called ..... A) Necessary Structures. B) Homologous Structures. C) Vestigial Structures. D) Ancestry Structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vestigial Structures. 22. What point of natural selection states that having many offspring increases the chance that some of them will survive? A) Adaptation. B) Competition. C) Variation. D) Overproduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overproduction. 23. Intentionally selecting genes for desire A) Natural selection. B) Artificial selection. C) Evolution. D) Adaptations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Artificial selection. 24. ..... is when two organisms exchange pieces of genetic material. A) Recombination. B) Species. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recombination. 25. What is the primary mechanism by which new alleles are introduced into a population? A) Mutation. B) Genetic drift. C) Natural selection. D) Gene flow. 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