Evolution terms part 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes what is meant by Natural Selection?

• An organism will survive no matter what its adaptations may be

• An organism with adaptations that do not allow it to reproduce as effectively as others will survive.

• An organism with adaptations that allow it to obtain resources and reproduce more effectively than others will survive.

• No organisms will survive.

Multiple Choice

Variations are differences between individuals in a population.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Some species produce an over abundance of eggs because not all of them will survive.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Individuals born with better traits are more likely to "win" and survive.

• Overproduction

• Variation

• Struggle to Survive

• Survival of the Fittest

• Inheritance of Traits

Multiple Choice

Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment 

• diversity.
• evolution
• adaptation. 
•  fitness.

Multiple Choice

Which best describes an adaptation?

• A trait that helps an organism to survive in its environment.
• A trait that the organism can change when he wants.
• A trait that does not help the organism to survive in its environment.
• The place where an organism lives.

Multiple Choice

Animals are born with their adaptations due to genes.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Animals are able to pick and choose their adaptations.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Adaptations can be:

• camouflage

• ability to survive cold weather

• hunting skills

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What do we call a change in a species over time?

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Extinction

• Environmental influences

Multiple Choice

Who was the first naturalist to study evolution?

• Charles Darwin
• Gregor Mendal
• Carolus Linneaus
• Thomas Edison

Multiple Choice

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are ore likely to survive and reproduce

• Because they come from recessive alleles

• Because they come from dominant alleles

• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype

Multiple Choice

 The embryos of fish, chicken, pigs have gill slits and tails.  The presence of these features suggests that:-

•   Gill slits and tails are required for embryonic development
• Pigs and chickens are closely related
• These animals have a common ancestor
•     All these animals can swim

Multiple Choice

Which evidence of common ancestry is being studied in this visual?

• biogeography
• fossil record
• anatomical homology

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes what is meant by Natural Selection?

• An organism will survive no matter what its adaptations may be

• An organism with adaptations that do not allow it to reproduce as effectively as others will survive.

• An organism with adaptations that allow it to obtain resources and reproduce more effectively than others will survive.

• No organisms will survive.

Multiple Choice

Which best describes an adaptation?

• A trait that helps an organism to survive in its environment.
• A trait that the organism can change when he wants.
• A trait that does not help the organism to survive in its environment.
• The place where an organism lives.

Multiple Choice

What does the term variation mean?

• The same traits in a population.
• The different ways that traits are expressed in a population.
• The same ways traits are expressed in a population.
• The place where an animal lives.

Multiple Choice

What does the term species mean?

• All the different organisms in a population

• A community of organisms.

• Organisms of the same kind that can reproduce with one another and create fertile young.

• Organisms of different kinds that can reproduce with one another.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following variations would help members of a rabbit population survive if the climate turned very hot?

• Thinner fur
• Ability to run faster
• Ability to jump higher
• Ability to eat more

Multiple Choice

Mutations are a source of variations.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Mutations are always harmful to an organism's survival.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best illustrates natural selection?

• An 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.

• A community whose members work together utilizing all existing resources and migratory routes.

• The largest organisms in a species receive the only breeding opportunities.