Evolution

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

The large-scale events of speciation are called...

• macroevolution

• simplification

• adaptation

• microevolution

During microevolution, a(n) __________________ will become more or less common within a population.

• species

• allele

• ribosome

• fossil

Which of the following means "genetic changes in a species over time"

• natural selection

• speciation

• evolution

• fitness

The sudden disappearance of a type of fossil in the fossil record is evidence of what?

• extinction
• camouflage
• carbonization

Homogous body parts do NOT always have similar what?

• locations
• functions
• structures

Patterns in the fossil record show that species on Earth do what?

• change over time
• adapt to all environmental changes
• appear on Earth independence of existing species

Structures that are inherited from a common ancestor are homologous.

• True
• False

 The best definition for biological evolution is?

• A.  When Earth’s processes cause change overtime.
• B.  When rock’s change over time.
• C.  When a species changes      overtime.

2. A species is.....

• A type of DNA.
• A group of different colored frogs
• A group of organisms that can mate with each other.