Ch 5 Review Test

Which is the general definition of evolution?

• Change over time
• Change in a populations gene pool over time

Which is the specific definition of evolution?

• Change over time
• Change in a populations gene pool over time

Process by which traits that improve an organism’s chances for survival and reproduction are passed on more frequently to future generations than those that do not is called...

• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection
• Genetic Drift
• Migration

High Fitness = produces more offspring and therefore passes on its genes more frequently than an individual with low fitness...

• Mutation
• Migration
• Survival of the Fittest
• Artificial Selection

When humans choose and bred plants /animals with traits we prefer

• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection

Extinction that occurs gradual, one species
at a time.

• Background
• Mass

Extinction that occurs widely spaced intervals, huge #s die each time.

• Background
• Mass

Everything an organism does and when and where it does it

• Niche
• Competition
• Habitat
• Generalist

Where an organism lives is its...

• Niche
• Competition
• Habitat
• Generalist

When multiple organisms seek to use the same LIMITED resource is called...

• Extinction
• Competition