Evolution Test Review

What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution?

• Lamarck
• Einstein
• Washington
• Darwin

What are the evidences for Evolution?

• Fossil Records
• Comparative Embryology
• Similar body structure (anatomy)
• All the above

Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA
• tRNA
• genotype
• phenotype

Only populations can evolve.
Individuals can not evolve.

• True
• False

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

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species that change their appearance are called...

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

Where humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction 
• Artificial Selection

Zebras traveling in herds to protect themselves from predators is an example of a _______ adaptation.

• behavioral
• mental
• physical
• conditional

The long neck of the giraffe that lets it get food from high branches is an example of a _______ adaptation.

• behavioral
• mental
• physical
• conditional

This is the concept in which species produce far more offspring than can possibly survive because of limited resources like food, water, and living space.

• crowding
• overproduction
• extinction
• speciation