Evolution TEST

The finches on the Galapagos Islands had variation in their beaks which Darwin believed this was helpful for:

• Eating and gathering food

• Building nests for offspring

• Attracting a mate

A trait that increases an organism's fitness for its environment is called a(n)

• Selection

• Variation

• Adaptation

When there are differences between members of the same species, this is called

• Adaptations

• Traits

• Variation

Evidence for EVOLUTION exists from all EXCEPT the following

• The fossil record

• The tree of life

• similarity in embryonic development

Traits that LOOK similar and have a similar FUNCTION BUT are from 2 species that are VERY DISTANT relatives are called

• Divergent Traits

• Homologous Traits

• Analagous Traits

TRUE or FALSE: Natural seletion is a totally RANDOM PROCESS.

• True

• False

In our Evolution Tag, a fit mouse was able to:

• survive and reproduce

• go slow and go fast

• get eaten by a cat (predator).

TRUE or FALSE: We have evolved from apes.

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE: Individual organisms can adapt to their environment to survive and reproduce

• False

• True

TRUE or FALSE: Humans cannot influence the evolution of species on our planet

• True

• False