Evolution Review

Who was the first person to assign organisms Latin names and use a binomial nomenclature?

• Linnaeus

• Newton

• Darwin

• Mendel

What was the name of the ship that Darwin took his 5 year voyage around the world called?

• HMS Gilligan

• HMS Victory

• HMS Nina

• HMS Beagle

Natural selection is a process in which

• individuals with traits most suited for the environment will survive

• the biggest body survives

• being lucky is good

• individuals change to fit their environment

Which is true of variation?

• it occurs in every population

• it is necessary for natural selection

• it is caused by mutations and sexual reproduction

• all of the above

What is a mutation?

• change in carbohydrate

• change in DNA

• change in phenotype

• change in genotype

What is the purpose of selective breeding?

• to get smaller organisms

• to get bigger organisms

• to get organisms with desired traits

• to get regular organisms

What are homologous structures?

• Structures that have the same function

• Structures that look the same but have different functions

• Structures that came from different ancestors

• Structures that are different

What are vestigial structures?

• structures that are used currently

• structures that have a function

• structures that have gotten smaller and have no current function

• structures that have gotten larger and more dependent

What is fitness

• the ability to survive and reproduce

• unable to survive and reproduce

• unable to survive

• unable to reproduce

The inherited trait that increases fitness in an organism

• evolution

• natural selection

• adaptation

• fitness