Evolution Quiz #1

Slight differences between members of a species are called

• predators

• selections

• variations

• traits

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What are fossils?

• molds and casts of organisms that live today

• drawings of ancient organisms

• footprints and burrows of small animals that live today

• the preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past

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If two organisms look very similar during the earliest stages of development, this is evidence that the organisms

• are not related

• evolved from different ancestors

• Have exactly the same DNA

• evolved from common ancestors

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce?

• natural selection

• overproduction

• competition

• variation

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An inherited trait that helps those organisms that have it to survive

• niche
• structure
• characteristic
• adaptation

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Natural selection is known as

• family descent

• survival of the fittest

• convergent evolution

• divergent evolution

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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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If an organism has a vestigial structure, that structure likely once had a function in a(n)

• close relative
• early ancestor
• unrelated organism
• embryological stage

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According to the diagram, which organism is the oldest?

• ammonite

• coral

• gastropod

• fern

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What kind of evidence for evolution is shown in this image?

• fossil record evidence

• anatomical evidence

• molecular evidence

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