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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the British naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Charles Barkley
Isaac Newton
- 2. Multiple ChoiceDarwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________increase in numberbecome extinct
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?EvolutionVariationAdaptationNatural Selection
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________SpeciesEnvironmental ChangeAdaptationVariation
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?To look different from other species.To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.To protect itself against predators.To protect itself against prey.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is another name for natural selection?survival of the smartestsurvival of the fastestsurvival of the biggestsurvival of the fittest
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?speciesorganismembryologyvestigial
- 8. Multiple ChoicePredict which moth would increase in populationlightdark
- 9. Multiple ChoiceInherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.FossilAdaptationAncestorNatural selection
- 10. Multiple ChoiceA relative who lived in the past.Charles DarwinSpeciationAncestorDescendant
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAn original species from which all other species evolved.FossilNatural SelectionDescendantCommon Ancestor
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe information provided by fossils about the Earth's history.Fossil RecordExtinctionEvolutionGenetic Variation
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA trait passed from parent to offspring through DNA.Natural ResourcesSurvival of the FittestGenetic variationGenetic trait
- 14. Multiple Choice
Process most successfully Survival of the FittestExtinctionDerived traitArtificial Selection - 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat does this image suggest?Law of SuperpositionSpecationsCommon DescentFive Finger Discount
- 16. Multiple Choice
What organisms did Darwin study at the Galapagos Island?
Giant Tortoises
Beetles
Fish
Finches
Iguanas
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is gradual change in a species over time?
evolution
natural selection
diversity
extinct
- 18. Multiple Choice
What are any difference between organisms of the same species
Homologous Structure
Diversity
Fossil
Variation
- 19. Multiple Choice
The image shows the fossilized remains of an animal that once lived long ago. What organism most likely evolved from this early species?
rabbit
bird
squirrel
fish
- 20. Multiple Choice
The theory of evolution by natural selection means that _________________________________.
The bodies of organisms change during their lifetimes and they pass the changes that they made down to their offspring.
the inherited traits of a population change over time.
- 21. Multiple Choice
On the Origin of Species is a book by ___________________.
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Friedrich Mohs
- 22. Multiple Choice
While exploring on the HMS Beagle, Darwin made observations about _______________________________________ around the world.
Plants
Humans
Animals
Fossils
- 23. Multiple Choice
Darwin observed that this type of tortoise ate plants closer to the ground.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following answer choices describe natural selection?
Explains how organisms in a population develop traits that allow them to survive and reproduce
Random genetic mutations sometimes produce traits that help an organism survive and reproduce better.
Traits that offer an advantage will most likely be passed on to offspring
Individuals with favorable traits have a better chance of surviving
Organisms try to adapt in order to survive
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are used as evidence for the theory of evolution?
anatomy
behavior
embryos
DNA
- 26. Multiple Choice
The study of the similarities and differences in the structures of different species.
Comparative Embryology
Comparative Anatomy
Comparative Psychology
Comparative Linguistics
- 27. Multiple Choice
Embryos of many different species have similar appearances.
True
False
- 28. Multiple Choice
Mistaken idea that animals whose traits changed in their lifetime could pass on those traits to their offspring. For example, a giraffe’s neck can extend its lifetime and pass the trait for long necks to its offspring.
Evolution
Natural Selection
Inheritance of Acquired Traits
Comparative Anatomy
- 29. Multiple Choice
Study of the differences and similarities between different species as they develop before birth.
Comparative Embryology
Comparative Anatomy
Comparative Psychology
Comparative Linguistics
- 30. Multiple Choice
"Fitness" refers to
how big and strong an organism is
how well an organism can get food and reproduce
- 31. Multiple Choice
An individual organism can evolve.
True
False
- 32. Multiple Choice
A population can evolve.
True
False
- 33. Multiple Choice
A human practice to select certain traits wanted in a certain species
Evolution
Natural Selection
Fitness
Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
Artificial Selection
- 34. Multiple Choice
Structure found in an organism that has no obvious use.
Comparative Anatomy
Comparative Embryology
Vestigial Structure
Biogeography
Adaptive Radiation
- 35. Multiple Choice
Process by which a single species evolves into many new species to fill available niches.
Comparative Anatomy
Comparative Embryology
Vestigial Structure
Biogeography
Adaptive Radiation
- 36. Multiple Choice
Organisms that have similar structures to organisms of other species because they descend from the same ancestor.
Homologous Structure
Analogous Structure
- 37. Multiple Choice
Animals with ________________________ inhabit the same types of environments, or perform tasks that require them to have a certain trait. These animals must then adapt, causing them to have similar traits that perform the same job, but this does not mean that their evolutionary history is related to each other.
Homologous Structures
Analogous Structures
- 38. Multiple Choice
Works much like natural selection does, but with humans, instead of nature, favoring specific traits.
Evolution
Natural Selection
Fitness
Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
Artificial selection
- 39. Multiple Choice
An organism has to be perfectly adapted to its environment to survive.
True
False
- 40. Multiple Choice
We understand evolution by looking at three different aspects of an organism’s life:
what the fossils of similar organisms look like
how the organism compares with other current species
what kind of impact the environment had on the organism
the acquired traits of the organism
- 41. Open Ended
Use the pedigree chart to describe how the probability of rabbit offspring inheriting bioluminescence would change after several generations in the wild.
Explain how natural selection would affect this probability.
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