Chapter 10 Test Review

What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environment?

• adaptation
• homologous structure
• vestigial structure

All the individuals of a species that live in a particular area are called a...

• fossil
• population
• group

The remnant of an organ that had a function in an early ancestor is known as a(n)

• vestigial structure
• analogous structure
• homologous structure

What observations did Charles Darwin make about finches in the Galapagos Islands?

• the same species of finches lived on all the islands
• different species of finches lived on different islands
• identical species of finches lived in South America

Which scientist developed a classification system for organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Charles Darwin
• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

The tortoise from Abingdon Island, show in figure 10.1, would likely be better adapted than the Albermarle Island tortoise to which of the following environments?

• areas with short plants and mosses
• areas with no plants and sand dunes
• areas with lots of taller plants

Which theory states that floods and earthquakes have occurred often in Earth's history?

• natural selection
• catastrophism
• artificial selection

The hind leg bones shown in the whale in Figure 10.2 are examples of 

• homologous structures
• fossil structures
• vestigial strctures

Charles Darwin found fossils that looked like ancient versions of living species.  From this evidence Darwin suggested that Earth was...

• much more than 6000 years old
• less than 6000 years old
• about 1000 years old

What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

• natural selection
• artificial selection
• descent with modification