SHREE KRISHNA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, VAPI.

SUB: BIOLOGY (2022-23)

STD: XII Science ROLL NO.:

CHAPTER – 7: EVOLUTION
WORKSHEET

VERY SHORT QUESTIONS – 1 MARKS

1. If abiotic origin of life is in progress on a planet other than earth, what should be the
conditions there?
2. What is meant by Gene pool?
3. What is “Founder’s effect”?
4. For a long time, it was believed that life originated from decaying matter. What is this
theory known as? Name the scientist who experimentally disproved this theory.
5. How do we compute the age of a living tree?
6. How do we compute the age of a fossil?

SHORT QUESTIONS – 2 MARKS

7. Give an example for convergent evolution and identify the features towards which they
are converging.
8. Louis Pasteur’s experiments, if you recall, proved that life can arise from only pre-
existing life. Can we correct this as life evolves from pre-existent life or otherwise we
will never answer the question as to how the first forms of life arose? Comment.
9. Explain Oparin-Haldane theory of chemical evolution of life.
10. What is adaptive radiation? Explain with an example.
11. Define homologous organs? Give one example of organ homologous to hand of man?
12. Describe one evidence which decisively proves that birds have evolved from reptiles?
13. Why has natural selection not eliminated sickle – cell anaemia?
14. Define natural selection? Who else along with Charles Darwin proposed it as the
mechanism of evolution?
15. Differentiate between convergent & divergent evolution?

LONG QUESTIONS – 3 MARKS

16. Explain divergent evolution in detail. What is the driving force behind it?
17. What are the key concepts in the evolution theory of Darwin?
18. Two organisms occupying a particular geographical area (say desert) show similar
adaptive strategies. Taking examples, describe the phenomenon.
19. Study the figures given below & answer the following question.
 i) Under the influence of which type of natural selection would graph (a) become
like graph (b).
ii) What could be the likely reason of new variations arising in a population.
iii) Who suggested natural selection as mechanism of evolution?

20. By taking industrial melanism as on example, explain the concept of natural selection by
evolution?
21. Chemical insectides remain useful only for a limited time. Explain with reference to
evolution with a suitable example.
22. Trace the important events or stages of human development?

LONG QUESTIONS – 5 MARKS

23. We are told that evolution is a continuing phenomenon for all living things. Are humans
also evolving? Justify your answer.
24. What does Hardy weinberg’s principle states? What are the factors which affects
Hardyweinberg’s equilibrium?