Evolution Review

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number

• become extinct

• leave the island

• become a new species

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 

When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.
• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
• To protect itself against predators.
• To protect itself against prey.

The struggle for existence against other members of an organisms species is

• Competition
• Natural Selection
• gene flow
• genetic drift

Darwin's expedition was called the Voyage of the _________.

• Titanic

• Beagle

• Cheetah

• Mayflower

Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects the process of natural selection?

• Overpopulation
• Fossils
• Competition
• Variations

A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations is called a(an):

• hypothesis
• experiment
• cause and effect
• scientific theory

A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring is called a species.  

• True  
• False