Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz Retake

A trait or behavior that helps organisms survive and reproduce 

• multiplication 
• revolt
• adaptation 
• populate 

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What is a Vestigial Structure?

• Structures that have a common function and suggest common ancestry
• The traits of organisms that result from sharing a common ancestor: such traits often have similar embryological origins
• genetically determined structures or attributes that have apparently lost most or all of their ancestral function in a given species
• I don't know :(

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Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures.  These are known as

• vestigial structures
• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• fossil structures

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What is the study of the distribution of species in geographic space and through time?

• biology
• biogeography
• geography
• geology

What word do we use to describe a species which has no members still living?

• endangered
• extinct

Any change in the sequence of DNA is...

• transgenic shift
• Single Genotype
• Monohybrid Trait
• Mutation

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Who is the father of evolution?

• Darwin
• Mendel
• Newton
• Einstein

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What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

• homologous
• vestigial
• variation
• adaptation

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 
• Variation 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection 

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A remnant or trace of an organism from the past is called a _______.

• Ancestor
• Skeleton
• Fossil
• Imprints

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