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SCIENCE 10
QUIZ

Name: _____________ Score: _____________

Date: _____________

I. Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Where can most of the fossils be found?

a. Sedimentary rock
b. Granite rock
c. Lava Flows
d. Black soil

2. Which of the following statements DOES NOT describe evolution?

a. Evolution is continuous
b. Evolution refers to change
c. The world is stable and unchanging
d. If there is mutation, there is evolution
3. Which pairs of animals shows a correct example of homologous structures?

a. Wings of butterfly and wings of bat

b. Flipper of whale and forelimb of cat
c. Fingers of human and arm of starfish
d. Tongue of frog and proboscis of mosquito

4. In what era can the oldest fossils be found?

a. Cenozoic
b. Menozoic
c. Paleozic
d. Pre Cambrian

5. Mutations are necessary for evolution to proceed. Which one of the following statements about mutation is
TRUE?
a. In a stressful environment, mutations occur preferentially in biochemical pathways that are of adaptive
significance.
 b. Point mutations are the most common type of mutation and are the most likely type of mutation to have
major effects on fitness.
c. The most likely fate of duplicated genes is that they accumulate point mutations and become functionless
pseudogenes.
d. Exposing Drosophila to x-ray radiation causes an increase in population mean fitness.

6. Darwin’s four theories of evolution include each of the following EXCEPT:

a. Evolution has occurred.

b. Natural selection is the primary cause of evolutionary change.
c. The splitting of lineages into two or more species has occurred.
d. Evolutionary change proceeds rapidly, and
is fuelled by mutations of major effect.

7. Based on the number of differences in amino acid sequence, which pair of organisms is least related to each
other?

a. Fruit fly-wheat
b. Human-horse
c. Fruit fly-pigeon
d. Human-wheat

8. Which of the following statements supports the idea that extinction is necessary?

a.To give away for there organisms to develop

b.To let other organisms evolve and progress
c.To know who is the fittest
d.All of the above

II. Enumeration: Answer the following questions:

9-10 What are the 2 types of Evolution?

11-12. Give at least 2 Sources of Evidence for Evolution.
13-14. What are two main methods determining a fossils age?
15. Give an example of Comparative Anatomy.