Natural Selection & Evolution Quiz
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1. Who alongside Darwin developed natural selection?
- A. Alfred Wallace
- B. Carl Woese
- C. Gregor Mendel
- D. Richard Leakey
2. Correct sequence for natural selection?
- A. Traits appear on demand and are passed on
- B. Variation exists, better-adapted survive/reproduce, genes passed on, frequency increases
- C. All individuals evolve identically at once
- D. Mutation only occurs from antibiotics
3. Why does antibiotic resistance support Darwin's theory?
- A. Bacteria choose to resist
- B. Shows natural selection occurring observably as resistant bacteria survive and reproduce
- C. Proves antibiotics cause mutations
- D. Shows all bacteria are naturally resistant
4. Correct fossil order oldest to youngest?
- A. Lucy, Ardi, Leakey's
- B. Leakey's, Lucy, Ardi
- C. Ardi, Lucy, Leakey's
- D. Ardi, Leakey's, Lucy
5. Two unrelated species share the same 5-digit limb bone arrangement used differently. What does this evidence?
- A. Convergent environments always produce identical limbs
- B. A common ancestor, since such similarity is unlikely by chance
- C. Direct antibiotic resistance
- D. Five-kingdom classification