Evolution Unit Exam

Who was the first naturalist to study evolution?

• Charles Darwin
• Gregor Mendal
• Carolus Linneaus
• Thomas Edison

This is a process by which organisms inherited advantageous traits that tend to reproduce more successfully than the other organisms do. 

• Artificial selection
• Natural selection
• Populations
• Environment

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This is a process in which organisms gradually change over time.

• Environment
• Competition
• Evolution
• Fossils

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These are natural differences within a species.

• Evolution
• Genetic variation
• Biological diversity
• Populations

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This is the variation of living organisms.

• Biological diversity
• Evolution
• Environment
• Natural selection

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This is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

• Evolution
• Population
• Environment
• Adaptation

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This is the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

• Competiton
• Extinction
• Evidence
• Fossil

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Who hypothesized that human populations are kept in check by war, famine, and disease?

• Darwin
• Hutton
• Malthus
• Lamarck

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• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• vestigial structures
• none of the above

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What is the process of which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

• artificial selection
• descent without modification
• inheritance of acquired characteristics
• natural selection

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