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SAI International School
Subject- Biology
Chapter- Heredity And Evolution
Subtopic- Fossils, Evolution by Stages, Artificial Selection

Module-28
Home Assignment- I

Objective- MCQ

Archaeopteryx is known to be the connecting link between
1. a. fishes and amphibians
b. reptiles and birds
c. reptiles and mammals
d. amphibians and reptiles
2. If the fossil of an organism is found in the deeper layers of earth, then we can predict that
a. The extinction of organism has occurred recently
b. The extinction of organism has occurred thousands of years ago
c. The fossil position in the layers of earth is not related to its time of extinction
d. Time of extinction cannot be determined
3. Q3: While digging fossils are found at upper layers of the earth, we can conclude that
a. fossil is the most recent.
b. fossil is very old may be more than thousand years.
c. fossil may be recent or old, its position is irrelevant.
d. fossil age cannot be computed.
4. Which of the following are NOT found as preserved traces of plants or animals?
a. footprint
b. burrow
c. skin
d. rootlet traces
5. Fossils provide evidence for evolution because
a. we can see extinct organisms and compare them with living species
b. we can see how organisms have developed over time
c. we can tell what animals may have eaten
d. we can find out where organisms lived
6. Select the group which shares maximum number of common characters
a. Two individuals of a species
b. Two species of a genus
c. Two genera of a family
d. Two genera of two families
7. Process of selecting individuals with desired characters by man is called
a. Hybridization
b. Reproduction
c. Artificial selection
d. Natural selection

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