Unit 7: Evolution

Which statement best describes evolution

• Organisms will choose beneficial traits to pass on to their offspring.
• Individuals will change as the environment changes.
• Populations will inherit small changes over long amounts of time.
• Organisms will change their behaviors to become better adapted to their environment.

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The system of binomial nomenclature was developed by ___________

• Linneaus
• Mayr
• Darwin
• Mr. King

The scientific name for humans is _______ ____

• Homo sapiens

• Homo neandertal
• homo Sapiens
• homo sapiens

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 
• Variation 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection 

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When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

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What are fossils?

• Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

• Is the change over time in populations of related organisms

• A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

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What is the fossil record?

• Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

• Is the change over time in populations of related organisms

• Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

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Which of the following is NOT a true statement about fossil evidence?

• We are still discovering fossils.
• Fossils are any remains including humans.
• Sonar and sonography equipment help us locate buried objects. 
• We have found all the fossils there are.

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The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name
• genus and species name
• domain and kingdom name
• kingdom and phylum name

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

• Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
• Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Domain, Kingdom, Species, Phylum, Family, Order, Class, Genus