Evolution Quiz #3

Question 1

A scientist who studies fossil is called an

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palaeontologist

Question 2

At the end of the Paleozoic era, many plants and animals died out. As much as 95% of the complex life in the oceans disappeared. This event was..

Answer 2

a mass extinction

Question 3

Convergent evolution is an important topic in

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macro evolution

Question 4

adaptations such as the one shown below(a peacock) is an example of

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micro evolution

Question 5

some flowers can only be pollinated by one species. this is an example of

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convolution

Question 6

when unrelated organisms come to resemble one another, this is known as

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convergent evolution

Question 7

The ____ Epoch is an unofficial unit of geologic time, used to describe the most recent period in Earths history when human activity started to have a significant impact on the planets climate and ecosystems

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Anthropocene

Question 8

Over the past 600 million years, how many mass extinctions have there been

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5