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Evidence for evolution and how new species form

10th grade (Year 11 in England) · 10 questions · Common Core: NGSS.HS-LS4-1, NGSS.SEP 7 · England: GCSE Combined Science: Inheritance, variation and evolution

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  1. Question 1

    Which scientist developed the theory of evolution by natural selection at the same time as Darwin?

    • A. Alfred Russel Wallace
    • B. Isaac Newton
    • C. Gregor Mendel
    • D. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

  2. Question 2

    Approximate % difference between human DNA and other primates: chimpanzee 1.2 %, gorilla 1.6 %, rhesus macaque 7 %. Which primate shares the most recent common ancestor with humans?

    • A. gorilla
    • B. rhesus macaque
    • C. chimpanzee

  3. Question 3

    Bacteria that resist the antibiotic used against them appear within years. Why is this evidence for evolution?

    • A. Bacteria choose to become resistant
    • B. It shows bacteria never mutate
    • C. Antibiotics create the resistance gene on purpose
    • D. We can watch natural selection change a population in real time

  4. Question 4

    Approximate % difference between human DNA and other primates: chimpanzee 1.2 %, orangutan 3.1 %, gorilla 1.6 %. Which primate shares the most recent common ancestor with humans?

    • A. gorilla
    • B. chimpanzee
    • C. orangutan

  5. Question 5

    Which scientist developed the theory of evolution by natural selection at the same time as Darwin?

    • A. Gregor Mendel
    • B. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
    • C. Isaac Newton
    • D. Alfred Russel Wallace

  6. Question 6

    Approximate % difference between human DNA and other primates: orangutan 3.1 %, rhesus macaque 7 %, chimpanzee 1.2 %. Which primate shares the most recent common ancestor with humans?

    • A. rhesus macaque
    • B. orangutan
    • C. chimpanzee

  7. Question 7

    The arm of a human, the wing of a bat and the flipper of a whale have the same arrangement of bones. What does this suggest?

    • A. They were designed for the same job
    • B. Bats evolved from whales
    • C. They evolved from a common ancestor
    • D. It is a coincidence

  8. Question 8

    Approximate % difference between human DNA and other primates: chimpanzee 1.2 %, orangutan 3.1 %, gorilla 1.6 %. Which primate shares the most recent common ancestor with humans?

    • A. chimpanzee
    • B. orangutan
    • C. gorilla

  9. Question 9

    Why are fossils good evidence for evolution?

    • A. Every organism that ever lived became a fossil
    • B. Fossils are all the same age
    • C. Deeper (older) rock layers show simpler organisms that changed gradually over time
    • D. Fossils show that species never change

  10. Question 10

    Approximate % difference between human DNA and other primates: gorilla 1.6 %, rhesus macaque 7 %, orangutan 3.1 %. Which primate shares the most recent common ancestor with humans?

    • A. orangutan
    • B. gorilla
    • C. rhesus macaque

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  1. Alfred Russel Wallace
  2. chimpanzee
  3. We can watch natural selection change a population in real time
  4. chimpanzee
  5. Alfred Russel Wallace
  6. chimpanzee
  7. They evolved from a common ancestor
  8. chimpanzee
  9. Deeper (older) rock layers show simpler organisms that changed gradually over time
  10. gorilla