Evolution Vocab quiz

______ selection is controlled by humans

• artificial

• natural

• disruptive

• directional

Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?

• the wings of a red-tailed hawk
• the hind limbs of a house cat
• the fins of sharks
• the tailbone of a human

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Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• adaptive radiation
• fossil

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The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

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If species A and B have very similar genes and proteins, what is probably TRUE?

• species A and B share a relatively recent common ancestor
• species A evolved independently of species B for a long period
• species A is younger than species B
• species A is older than species B

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The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment 

• diversity.
• evolution
• adaptation
•  fitness

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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Farmers breed cows to produce high amounts of milk. This is an example of...

• Natural Selection 
• Variations in a species 
• Selective Breeding 
• inbreeding

Darwin's theory of evolution is supported by his idea on...

• natural selection and adaptation
• natural living animals like fossils
• chickens have the same amount of genes

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Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?

• individual
• population
• species
• fossil

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