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Chemistry, Science, Biology
10th
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chapter 15 Theory of evolution vocab. quiz
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- 1. Multiple Choice
a heritable change in the characteristics within a population from one generation to the next
adaptation
evolution
divergent evolution
Fitness
- 2. Multiple Choice
Layers of rock
Evolution
natural selection
Fitness
Strata
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well-adapted individuals
Evolution
adaptation
natural selection
fitness
- 4. Multiple Choice
The remains of once-living organisms commonly found in sedimentary rock
treasure
fossil
trilobite
dinosaur
- 5. Multiple Choice
the principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks in undisturbed rock layers
relative age
superposition
interposition
strata
- 6. Multiple Choice
the study of the geological distribution of organisms
strata
fossil
superposition
biogeography
- 7. Multiple Choice
anatomical structures which have originated from a common ancestral species
Homologous structures
Analogous Structures
fossils
superposition
- 8. Multiple Choice
a structure in an organism that is reduced in size and function and may have been complete and functional in the organism's ancestors.
vestigial Structure
homologous structure
analogous structure
fossils
- 9. Multiple Choice
The evolutionary history of a species
fossils
Biogeography
Phylogeny
strata
- 10. Multiple Choice
the age of an object compared to other objects
fossils
relative age
absolute age
superposition
- 11. Multiple Choice
the anatomical structure in one species that is similar in function and appearance, but not in evolutionary origin, to another anatomical structure in another species.
analogous structure
homologous structures
vestigial structures
age structure
- 12. Multiple Choice
the numerical age of an object is often established by radiometric dating
Relative age
Evolution
absolute age
superposition
- 13. Multiple Choice
the process by which unrelated species become more similar as they adapt to similar environments
adaptation
convergent evolution
coevolution
divergent evolution
- 14. Multiple Choice
the process by which two or more related species become more and more dissimilar
divergent evolution
coevolution
convergent evolution
artificial selectioin
- 15. Multiple Choice
the evolutionary pattern where many species evolve from a common ancestral species by filling available niches
evolution
coevolution
artificial selection
Adaptive radiation
- 16. Multiple Choice
the selective breeding process of organisms for specific, desirable traits
artificial selection
Coevolution
divergent evolution
adaptation
- 17. Multiple Choice
the evolution of 2 or more species that is caused by their mutual interactions
Artificial selection
natural selection
Coevolution
divergent evolution
- 18. Multiple Choice
an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral trait that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce
adaptation
evolution
fitness
Phylogeny
- 19. Multiple Choice
a measure of an individual's heredity contribution to the nest generation
convergent evolution
radiation
adaptation
fitness
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