This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name of the book Darwin published about his findings? A) Modes of Natural Selection. B) The Origins of the Earth. C) Speciation. D) On the Origin of Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the Origin of Species. 2. Which of the following statements best explains why many different finch species originated from the single ancestral species? A) Populations adapted to environmental pressures. B) Recessive traits in populations were elimanted over time. C) Individuals acquired unique characteristics during their lifetimes. D) Random mutations caused some individuals to have harmful traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Populations adapted to environmental pressures. 3. If a bacteria has the trait for resistance, which of the following is true? Hint:Offspring = Babies A) The offspring are more likely to be resistant. B) The offspring are less likely to be resistant. C) The resistance of the offspring is completely random. D) The resistance of the offspring cannot be determined. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The offspring are more likely to be resistant. 4. Diagram that represents the evolutionary history of a group of organisms A) Cladogram. B) Phylogenetic trees. C) Branching Diagram. D) Evolutionary diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phylogenetic trees. 5. If the allele frequency changes in a population over time, then ..... has occurred. A) Embryology. B) Evolution. C) Adaptation. D) Artificial selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evolution. 6. Which of these was a discovery that provided even more tangible evidence of Natural Selection? A) DNA. B) Proteins. C) CO2. D) Phospholipids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DNA. 7. What was the name of the ship Charles Darwin sailed on? A) Boaty McBoaty Face. B) HMS Beagle. C) HMS Britannia. D) HMS Bulldog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HMS Beagle. 8. A selection pressure can be A) A predator. B) An more attractive mate. C) Temperature or pH. D) Any of the above will do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any of the above will do. 9. Darwin's expedition was called the Voyage of the ..... A) Titanic. B) Beagle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beagle. 10. Why did the population of moths change A) Predators were able to easily see their prey. B) People hunted lighter colored moths. C) White moths were killed by the smoke from the factories. D) Moths mood changed to sad, causing them to become dark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predators were able to easily see their prey. 11. When did the Pangea start to drift apart? A) 100 million years ago. B) 150 million years ago. C) 175 million years ago. D) 50 million years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 175 million years ago. 12. What is a 'superbug'? A) A new superhero. B) A bacteria resistant to antibiotics. C) A computer virus. D) A very large insect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bacteria resistant to antibiotics. 13. Mitochondria and chloroplasts are thought to be ..... cells engulfed by a larger one. A) Plants. B) Prokaryotic. C) Eikaryotic. D) Viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prokaryotic. 14. Which scientist independently formulated a theory of natural selection around the same time as Darwin, prompting Darwin to publish his own work sooner than planned? A) Charles Darwin. B) Gregor Mendel. C) Louis Pasteur. D) Alfred Russel Wallace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alfred Russel Wallace. 15. The species of finches that Charles Darwin found on different Galapagos Islands varied in certain structural adaptations. One of the most significant adaptations that Darwin noted was the- A) Similarities of the birds' embryos. B) Length of the birds' necks. C) Birds' different shaped beaks. D) Number of eggs in each bird's nest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birds' different shaped beaks. 16. Why is genetic variability important to the health of populations and preventing extinction? Consider a scenario where Cayden and Khalila are studying a population of animals in a rapidly changing environment. A) It ensures that all individuals are identical. B) It reduces the chances of disease spreading. C) It allows populations to adapt to changing environments. D) It limits the potential for evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It allows populations to adapt to changing environments. 17. Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with aged and identified fossils? A) Fossil record. B) Comparative embryology. C) Comparative biochemistry. D) Comparative anatomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil record. 18. Which of the following is the LEAST inclusive? A) Kingdom. B) Species. C) Family. D) Domain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species. 19. The theory of inheritance of acquired characters for the organic evolution is also called ..... A) Mutation theory. B) Natural Selection theory. C) Neo-Darwinism theory. D) Use and Disuse theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use and Disuse theory. 20. The tongue of frog species X is sticky and it evolved by natural selection for trapping flying insects. Other frogs have less sticky tongues. The sticky tongue of species X is an example of A) A fossil. B) Adaptive radiation. C) An adaptation. D) A co-opted feature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adaptation. 21. The theory that organisms have slowly changed over time ..... A) Fossil record. B) Relative dating. C) Evolution. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evolution. 22. Same Structures. Different functions. A) Homologous Structures. B) Vestigial Structures. C) Analogous Structures. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homologous Structures. 23. Natural selection is based on all of the following except A) Genetic variation exists within populations. B) The best-adapted individuals tend to leave the most offspring. C) Individuals who survive longer tend to leave more offspring than those who die young. D) Populations tend to produce more individuals than the environment can support. E) Individuals adapt to their environments and, thereby, evolve. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Individuals adapt to their environments and, thereby, evolve. 24. Which part of Darwin's theory of evolution may be used to describe the results of when lions prey on antelope? A) Natural selection. B) Survival of the fittest. C) Adaptation to environment. D) Variation in species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Survival of the fittest. 25. What evidence of natural selection is available today that was NOT available to Darwin? A) There is great variation among organisms. B) Organisms inherit traits. C) Humans can breed organisms for specific traits. 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