Unit 3 (Section 1) Review

What is evolution?

• The process of geological change by which the earth is shaped by natural disasters

• The process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors

• The process of biological stasis, where all organisms remain the same

• None of the above

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What type of variation describes differences between individuals within the same species.

• interspecific variation

• intermediate variation

• intraspecific variation

• interactive variation

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What type of variation describes differences between individuals within different species.

• interspecific variation

• interactive variation

• intraspecific variation

• internal variation

What terms describes a feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment?

• variation

• analogous structure

• homologous structure

• adaptation

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Which term describes a mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than do other individuals?

• natural selection

• artificial selection

• adaptation

• variation

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Charles Darwin found fossils that looked like ancient versions of living species. From this evidence Darwin suggested that Earth was________.

• much more than 6000 years old

• less than 6000 years old

• only 6000 years old

• about 1000 years old

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Which of the following lists the four main principles of the theory of natural selection?

• adaptation, inheritance of acquired characteristics, overproduction, variation

• adaptation, inheritance of acquired characteristics, heritability, variation

• adaptation, descent with modification, heritability, variation

• adaptation, descent with modification, overproduction, variation

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What term describes all individuals of a species that live in an area?

• variation

• adaptation

• population

• species

What term describes features that are similar in structure but appear in different organisms and have different functions (ex. hand of human, foot of mole, wing of bat)?

• vestigial structure

• homologous structure

• analogous structure

• none of the above

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What term describes structures that perform a similar function but are not similar in origin (ex. wing of fly & wing of bat)?

• vestigial structure

• homologous structure

• analogous structure

• none of the above

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