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What is the study of fossils called? Mention any three points on how the fossils throw light on past life.

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ICSE-EVOLUTION-PRACTICE QUESTIONS (Short Answer Type-II Questions)
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  2. Birds have evolved from reptiles. How does Palaeontology provide evid...

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  4. What is phylogeny? Which evidence of evolution helps best in tracing p...

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  6. How were exact replicas of the master plate obtained in Lederberg's re...

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  7. State the advantages that erect posture and large brain volume gave hu...

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  8. Enumerate any three major differences between humans and apes.

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  9. Taking the example of gill clefts mention how the embryological eviden...

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  10. Describe the significance of Archaeopteryx in the study of organic evo...

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  11. How would you account for the occurrence of sickle-cell anaemia in hum...

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  12. Why is the wing of a bat said to be homologous to the wing of a bird a...

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  13. How does embryological evidence reinforce the view that living organis...

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  14. What is differential reproduction? How does it lead to adaptation?

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  15. Why are most mosquitoes now found to be DDT resistant although DDT was...

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  16. State Lamarck's theory of evolution. Explain it by quoting an example....

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  17. Describe briefly the difference between geographical isolation and rep...

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  18. What is the role of variation in evolution?

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  19. What is speciation? How does it occur?

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  20. Describe natural selection with reference to industrial melanism.

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