Evolution Practice Questions (Set 2)

1. What type of evolution results in similar traits in unrelated species?

A) Divergent evolution

B) Convergent evolution

C) Parallel evolution

D) Gradualism

2. Which of the following provides the strongest evidence for evolution?

A) Fossil records

B) Language

C) Social behavior

D) Climate

3. A structure that is reduced in function but similar in structure to functional structures in other

organisms is:

A) Analogous

B) Homologous

C) Vestigial

D) Synthetic

4. Speciation occurs when:

A) An organism dies

B) A new gene is discovered

C) Populations become reproductively isolated

D) Two species merge

5. What is genetic drift?

A) Movement of genes between populations

C) Random changes in allele frequency

D) Selective breeding

6. Which scientist independently conceived the theory of natural selection?

A) Louis Pasteur

B) Alfred Russel Wallace

C) James Watson

D) Rosalind Franklin

7. What is adaptive radiation?

A) Radiation that mutates DNA

B) Spread of diseases

C) Evolution of diverse species from a common ancestor

D) Increase in UV exposure

8. Which molecule provides evidence for evolution due to its presence in all life forms?

A) Hemoglobin

B) Water

C) ATP

D) DNA

9. Which term refers to the change in the genetic composition of a population over time?

A) Genetic drift

B) Evolution

C) Adaptation

D) Mutation

10. What kind of structure is the wing of a bat and the arm of a human?
A) Analogous

B) Vestigial

C) Homologous

D) Synthetic

11. What type of evolution results in similar traits in unrelated species?

A) Divergent evolution

B) Convergent evolution

C) Parallel evolution

D) Gradualism

12. Which of the following provides the strongest evidence for evolution?

A) Fossil records

B) Language

C) Social behavior

D) Climate

13. A structure that is reduced in function but similar in structure to functional structures in other

organisms is:

A) Analogous

B) Homologous

C) Vestigial

D) Synthetic

14. Speciation occurs when:

A) An organism dies

B) A new gene is discovered

C) Populations become reproductively isolated

D) Two species merge

A) Movement of genes between populations

B) Mutation of genes

C) Random changes in allele frequency

D) Selective breeding

16. Which scientist independently conceived the theory of natural selection?

A) Louis Pasteur

B) Alfred Russel Wallace

C) James Watson

D) Rosalind Franklin

17. What is adaptive radiation?

A) Radiation that mutates DNA

B) Spread of diseases

C) Evolution of diverse species from a common ancestor

D) Increase in UV exposure

18. Which molecule provides evidence for evolution due to its presence in all life forms?

A) Hemoglobin

B) Water

C) ATP

D) DNA

19. Which term refers to the change in the genetic composition of a population over time?

A) Genetic drift

B) Evolution

C) Adaptation

D) Mutation
20. What kind of structure is the wing of a bat and the arm of a human?

A) Analogous

B) Vestigial

C) Homologous

D) Synthetic

21. What type of evolution results in similar traits in unrelated species?

A) Divergent evolution

B) Convergent evolution

C) Parallel evolution

D) Gradualism

22. Which of the following provides the strongest evidence for evolution?

A) Fossil records

B) Language

C) Social behavior

D) Climate

23. A structure that is reduced in function but similar in structure to functional structures in other

organisms is:

A) Analogous

B) Homologous

C) Vestigial

D) Synthetic

24. Speciation occurs when:

A) An organism dies

B) A new gene is discovered

C) Populations become reproductively isolated

25. What is genetic drift?

A) Movement of genes between populations

B) Mutation of genes

C) Random changes in allele frequency

D) Selective breeding

26. Which scientist independently conceived the theory of natural selection?

A) Louis Pasteur

B) Alfred Russel Wallace

C) James Watson

D) Rosalind Franklin

27. What is adaptive radiation?

A) Radiation that mutates DNA

B) Spread of diseases

C) Evolution of diverse species from a common ancestor

D) Increase in UV exposure

28. Which molecule provides evidence for evolution due to its presence in all life forms?

A) Hemoglobin

B) Water

C) ATP

D) DNA

29. Which term refers to the change in the genetic composition of a population over time?

A) Genetic drift

B) Evolution
C) Adaptation

D) Mutation

30. What kind of structure is the wing of a bat and the arm of a human?

A) Analogous

B) Vestigial

C) Homologous

D) Synthetic

31. What type of evolution results in similar traits in unrelated species?

A) Divergent evolution

B) Convergent evolution

C) Parallel evolution

D) Gradualism

32. Which of the following provides the strongest evidence for evolution?

A) Fossil records

B) Language

C) Social behavior

D) Climate

33. A structure that is reduced in function but similar in structure to functional structures in other

organisms is:

A) Analogous

B) Homologous

C) Vestigial

D) Synthetic

34. Speciation occurs when:

B) A new gene is discovered

C) Populations become reproductively isolated

D) Two species merge

35. What is genetic drift?

A) Movement of genes between populations

B) Mutation of genes

C) Random changes in allele frequency

D) Selective breeding

36. Which scientist independently conceived the theory of natural selection?

A) Louis Pasteur

B) Alfred Russel Wallace

C) James Watson

D) Rosalind Franklin

37. What is adaptive radiation?

A) Radiation that mutates DNA

B) Spread of diseases

C) Evolution of diverse species from a common ancestor

D) Increase in UV exposure

38. Which molecule provides evidence for evolution due to its presence in all life forms?

A) Hemoglobin

B) Water

C) ATP

D) DNA
39. Which term refers to the change in the genetic composition of a population over time?

A) Genetic drift

B) Evolution

C) Adaptation

D) Mutation

40. What kind of structure is the wing of a bat and the arm of a human?

A) Analogous

B) Vestigial

C) Homologous

D) Synthetic

41. What type of evolution results in similar traits in unrelated species?

A) Divergent evolution

B) Convergent evolution

C) Parallel evolution

D) Gradualism

42. Which of the following provides the strongest evidence for evolution?

A) Fossil records

B) Language

C) Social behavior

D) Climate

43. A structure that is reduced in function but similar in structure to functional structures in other

organisms is:

A) Analogous

B) Homologous

C) Vestigial
D) Synthetic

44. Speciation occurs when:

A) An organism dies

B) A new gene is discovered

C) Populations become reproductively isolated

D) Two species merge

45. What is genetic drift?

A) Movement of genes between populations

B) Mutation of genes

C) Random changes in allele frequency

D) Selective breeding

46. Which scientist independently conceived the theory of natural selection?

A) Louis Pasteur

B) Alfred Russel Wallace

C) James Watson

D) Rosalind Franklin

47. What is adaptive radiation?

A) Radiation that mutates DNA

B) Spread of diseases

C) Evolution of diverse species from a common ancestor

D) Increase in UV exposure

48. Which molecule provides evidence for evolution due to its presence in all life forms?

A) Hemoglobin

B) Water
C) ATP

D) DNA

49. Which term refers to the change in the genetic composition of a population over time?

A) Genetic drift

B) Evolution

C) Adaptation

D) Mutation

50. What kind of structure is the wing of a bat and the arm of a human?

A) Analogous

B) Vestigial

C) Homologous

D) Synthetic