GCSE Biology – Natural Selection and Genetic Modification – 1 – Exam Style Questions with Answers

Organisms can be classified by the five kingdom or three domain method.
What is the name of the domain that plants belong to?

The book 'On the Origin of Species' was published in 1859.
This book describes the theory of evolution.
Which scientist wrote this book explaining his theory of evolution?

Figure 12 shows the times when Homo sapiens and some of their ancestral species are
thought to have lived.
Fossil remains of Ardipithecus ramidus were discovered in Ethiopia.
Calculate the number of years Ardipithecus ramidus is thought to have inhabited the
Earth.

Which statement is supported by this theory of evolution?

Hipparion is an extinct genus of horse that lived between approximately 20 million and 0.8
million years ago.
Figure 10 shows the skeletons of a Hipparion and a modern horse.
Give one method that can be used to date a fossil of a Hipparion………………

Figure 4 shows tool Q which was found at the same site as tool P.
A scientist stated that tool Q was made by a more evolved human ancestor than tool P.
Which observation supports this statement?

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a prokaryotic cell.
Which is a characteristic feature of a prokaryotic cell?

The book 'On the Origin of Species' was published in 1859.
This book describes the theory of evolution.
One chapter of this book discusses pent dactyl limbs.
Figure 5 shows the bones of the pent dactyl limbs of three mammals.
Describe one difference between the humerus of the whale and the humerus of the human.