This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 32 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is characterized by eukaryotic, heterotrophic and have a cell wall made of chitin? A) Fungi. B) Plants. C) Animals. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fungi. 2. What is an objective and verifiable observation? A) Fact. B) Theory. C) Law. D) Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 3. The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago. A) Fossil. B) Extinct. C) Endangered. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil. 4. What hypothesis did Darwin investigate by studying the breeding of pigeons with distinctive traits? A) New species can appear gradually through small changes in an ancestral species. B) The amount of variation in a population is related to the type of environment it lives in. C) Organisms have only the number of offspring that are supported by the environment. D) Some traits appear in each generation, while others seem to disappear in some generations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New species can appear gradually through small changes in an ancestral species. 5. Which of the following is an example of observed evolutionary change? A) Fossilization of ancient organisms. B) DNA sequencing of extinct species. C) Adaptation of bacteria to antibiotics. D) Analysis of comparative anatomy in extinct species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adaptation of bacteria to antibiotics. 6. Miller/Urey and other scientists studying the origin of life have shown that: A) Formation of life on early Earth required material from space. B) Simple cells can be produced in a laboratory using spontaneous generation. C) Oxygen and water were present in the atmosphere to support life. D) Organic molecules like amino acids and nucleotides could be produced from abiotic/inorganic molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organic molecules like amino acids and nucleotides could be produced from abiotic/inorganic molecules. 7. If two organisms have similar traits of DNA they are probably A) Share a common ancestor. B) Share a common environment. C) Share a common population. D) Speciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Share a common ancestor. 8. Miller/Urey and other scientists have shown that: A) Life on early Earth required material from space. B) Cells survived in the primitive atmosphere. C) Amino acids could be produced from inorganic molecules. D) Simple cells can be produced in a laboratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amino acids could be produced from inorganic molecules. 9. What is antibiotic resistance? A) The ability for humans to resist antibiotics. B) The ability for humans to repel bacteria. C) The ability for bacteria to resist antibiotics. D) The ability for bacteria to become weak from antibiotics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ability for bacteria to resist antibiotics. 10. Which of the following words do the doctors use to describe the bacteria found in Addie A) Resistant. B) Tolerant. C) Defiant. D) Rigid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resistant. 11. What is the primary purpose of a cladogram in biological classification? A) To show the geographic distribution of species. B) To illustrate the evolutionary relationships between different species. C) To identify the genetic makeup of an organism. D) To display the physical characteristics of organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To illustrate the evolutionary relationships between different species. 12. Penicillin works by: A) Attacking bacterial cell walls. B) Attacking bacterial DNA replication. C) Attacking bacterial the cell membrane. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attacking bacterial cell walls. 13. Refers to the absence of any kind of symmetry in an animal. Asymmetry is rare in animals, but is observed in some types of sponges and other primitive animals. These animals lack a defined body plan or structure and may have irregular shapes or no recognizable pattern of body parts. A) Radial Symmetry. B) Taxonomy. C) Bilateral symmetry. D) Asymmetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asymmetry. 14. ..... is when members of a species that are best suited for their environment survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other members of the species. A) Natural selection. B) Artificial selection. C) Speciation. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural selection. 15. In one region of New Jersey there exists two distinct types of one species of snake A) Disruptive selection. B) Geographic isolation. C) Mechanical isolation. D) Neutral variation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disruptive selection. 16. Shifts against the extreme phenotypes and favors the Intermediate phenotype A) Directional. B) Stabilizing. C) Disruptive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stabilizing. 17. Over time, the movement of people on Earth has steadily increased. This has altered the course of human evolution by increasing A) Non-random mating. B) Geographic isolation. C) Genetic drift. D) Mutations. E) Gene flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Gene flow. 18. Which of these are MOST LIKELY homologous structures?Bat wing, Dragonfly wing, Tyrannosaurus arm? A) Bat wing and Dragonfly wing. B) Bat wing and Tyrannosaurus arm. C) Dragonfly wing and Tyrannosaurus arm. D) Bat wing, Dragonfly wing, and Tyrannosaurus arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bat wing and Tyrannosaurus arm. 19. What is the primary source of genetic variation in a population? A) Mutations. B) Natural selection. C) Genetic drift. D) Gene flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutations. 20. What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment? A) Homologous. B) Vestigial. C) Variation. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adaptation. 21. Analogous Structures are from what type of Evolution? A) Divergent. B) Convergent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent. 22. A branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species A) Cladogram. B) Allele frequency. C) Gene pool. D) Phlogeny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cladogram. 23. Which fact provides the best evidence for the biological theory of evolution? A) Most fossils are found in sedimentary rock. B) Most species of life on Earth have become extinct. C) Characteristics of simpler life forms can be found in more complex life forms. D) Only a small percentage of living things have been preserved in fossils. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characteristics of simpler life forms can be found in more complex life forms. 24. Similar structures with different purposes found in different species are known as ..... A) Vestigial structures. B) DNA. C) Homologous structures. D) The fossil record. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homologous structures. 25. Any trait that increases an organism's chance of survival. A) Evolution. B) Adaptation. C) Fossil Record. D) Epigenetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adaptation. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 8Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 9Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books