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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe formation of new species as a result of evolution.EvolutionNatural SelectionSpeciationSpecies
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.FossilsNatural SelectionSpeciationSpecies
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution.FossilsNatural SelectionSpeciationSpecies
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA characteristic that improves and individual’s ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.FossilsNatural SelectionAdaptationSpecies
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise.EvolutionNatural SelectionSelective BreedingSpecies
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA group of individuals that are closely related and can produce fertile offspring.EvolutionNatural SelectionSelective BreedingSpecies
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits.EvolutionNatural SelectionSelective BreedingSpecies
- 8. Multiple ChoiceA king snake is a non-poisonous snake that has colored markings that make it look almost exactly like the highly poisonous coral snake. What type of adaptation is this?CamouflageMinicryCreativityPredaotion
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best describes the process of natural selection in the case of the peppered moths that we discussed in class?The moths were covered in soot from the Industrial Revolution and became black moths.The white moths decided to change their wings from white to black in order to blend inthe white moths were tastier than the black moths, so they were eaten by more predators.The white moths were easier to see on the blackened trees than black moths and were eaten by more predators.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWho developed the theory of Natural Selection?Gregor MendelCharles DarwinJean Baptiste de LamarckLeonardo Decaprio
- 11. Multiple ChoiceNatural Selection is best defined asThe process by which organisms better suited to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than the less adapted organisms of the same species do.The process by which the fastest and strongest organisms in the population will beat out all other organisms and therefore survive and reproduce more successfully.The theory of evolution that is an organism does not use a physical feature over time, they will eventually lose that feature altogether.The theory of evolution that a drastic event changing an environment must occur for organism to evolve.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not one of the four parts of natural selection?OverproductionExtinctionStruggle to surviveSuccessful reproduction
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these best illustrates natural selectionAn organism with favorable genetic variations will tend to survive and breed successfully.A population monopolizes all of the resources in its habitat, forcing other species to migrate.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceSpeciation is defined asthe process of creating a new community of organismsthe process of changing an organisms environmentthe process of extinction of a speciesthe process of creating a new species
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA single species of squirrel evolved over time into two species, each on opposite sides of the Grand Canyon. This change was most likely due to _____.higher mutation rates on one sidelow genetic diversity in the initial populationthe geographic isolation of the two groupsdifferences in reproductive rates
- 16. Multiple Choice___________________ is selection and variation that happens more gradually. Over a short period of time it is hard to notice. Over a long time, the population changes. Change is slow, constant, and consistentCharles DarwinPunctuated EquilibriumGradualismEvolution
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe following scenario is an example of ________________.
Small variations appear over a long period of time among a population of penguins, including thicker coats of down that allow them to survive in very cold climates. Penguins with these traits survive much better than those with thinner down coats, leading to the changes becoming standard among all penguins.Charles DarwinPunctuated EquilibriumGradualismEvolution - 18. Multiple Choice________________is change that comes in spurts. There is a period of very little change, and then one or a few huge changes occur, often through mutations in the genes of a few individuals.Charles DarwinPunctuated EquilibriumGradualismEvolution
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe following scenario is an example of __________________.
A species of birds exists in unchanged for many thousands of years. Suddenly, a bacteria causes their primary tree of sheltering choice to die. The birds must adapt within the environment to trees that are much higher requiring more wing strength. Some birds die. The remaining birds' bodies adapt as necessary and they return to a state of unchanged.GradualsismEvolutionPunctuated EquilibiriumNatural Selection - 20. Multiple ChoiceFossils are mostly found in what type of rock?ClayIgenousSedimentaryMetamorphic
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat observed what type of bird in the Galapagos?ParrotCrowFinchOstrich
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Darwin observe on the Finches?BeakWingsTailHeart
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