SBI3U Unit 3 Test: Evolution
(50 Marks Total)
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Marks obtained:
Category Total Marks Possible Marks
Knowledge/Understanding (K/U) 10
Thinking/Investigation (T/I) 20
Communication (C) 5
Application (A) 15
Total 50
Percentage
SECTION 1: Knowledge/Understanding - Multiple Choice (Questions 1-10)
[K/U, 10: 1 each]
Write your section 1 answers here:
Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Answer
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**NOTE: FOR SECTIONS 1 WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN THE TABLES ON THE FIRST
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SECTION 1: Knowledge/Understanding - Multiple Choice (Questions 1-10)
[K/U, 10: 1 each]
1. What is Natural Selection?
a) The ability of an organism to evolve a new trait when needed in the environment.
b) The ability of an organism to lose a trait when it is no longer needed.
c) The process in which members of a species that are best suited to the environment
survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other members of the species
d) The theory that organisms change over time
e) The theory that nature is more important than nurture
2. How do mutations change populations over time?
a) Most mutations are harmful and cause species to become extinct
b) Most mutations cause abnormal disease in species
c) Mutations generally have no effect on a population since they are simple changes in
DNA
d) Mutation can produce adaptations in organisms that help them better survive in their
environment.
e) None of the above
3. The human appendix is a vestigial structure. How is it evidence of evolution?
a) It provides evidence that organisms have lost traits as they were no longer needed in the
environment
b) The human appendix can be analyzed with carbon dating in the body
c) It provides evidence that organisms have evolved similar structures that have different
functions.
d) It provides evidence that humans and apes have a common ancestor
e) It provides evidence that the diet of humans has changed in the last 100 year
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(50 Marks Total)
Name:____________________________________________
Signature:_________________________________________
Marks obtained:
Category Total Marks Possible Marks
Knowledge/Understanding (K/U) 10
Thinking/Investigation (T/I) 20
Communication (C) 5
Application (A) 15
Total 50
Percentage
SECTION 1: Knowledge/Understanding - Multiple Choice (Questions 1-10)
[K/U, 10: 1 each]
Write your section 1 answers here:
Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Answer
SBI3U Unit 3 Test: Evolution Page 1 of 9
K/U T/I A C
/10
, Name:
**NOTE: FOR SECTIONS 1 WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN THE TABLES ON THE FIRST
PAGE OF THIS TEST**
SECTION 1: Knowledge/Understanding - Multiple Choice (Questions 1-10)
[K/U, 10: 1 each]
1. What is Natural Selection?
a) The ability of an organism to evolve a new trait when needed in the environment.
b) The ability of an organism to lose a trait when it is no longer needed.
c) The process in which members of a species that are best suited to the environment
survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other members of the species
d) The theory that organisms change over time
e) The theory that nature is more important than nurture
2. How do mutations change populations over time?
a) Most mutations are harmful and cause species to become extinct
b) Most mutations cause abnormal disease in species
c) Mutations generally have no effect on a population since they are simple changes in
DNA
d) Mutation can produce adaptations in organisms that help them better survive in their
environment.
e) None of the above
3. The human appendix is a vestigial structure. How is it evidence of evolution?
a) It provides evidence that organisms have lost traits as they were no longer needed in the
environment
b) The human appendix can be analyzed with carbon dating in the body
c) It provides evidence that organisms have evolved similar structures that have different
functions.
d) It provides evidence that humans and apes have a common ancestor
e) It provides evidence that the diet of humans has changed in the last 100 year
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