Evolution Quiz Review

Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA
• tRNA
• genotype
• phenotype

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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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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Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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Comparing similar bone structures of different animals alive today; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

• vestigial structures

• comparative anatomy

• fossil record

• comparative embryology

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Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with aged and identified fossils?

• fossil record
• comparative embryology
• comparative biochemistry
• comparative anatomy

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This picture is best known as

• homologous structures
• analogous structures
• vestigial structures
• embryology

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What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environment?

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Homologous Structures
• Vestigial Structure

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The diagram illustrates an embryonic stage of two organisms.

Which of the following can be determined by observing the embryos shown in the diagram

• The organisms share a common ancestry.
• The organisms belong to the same genus.
• The organisms are native to the same geographic areas.
• The organisms will grow into anatomically similar adults.

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Which of the following is an example of a beneficial mutation?

• When an organism's lifespan becomes shorter.

• When an organism becomes unable to reproduce.

• When an organism's body becomes deformed.

• When an organism develops immunity to a disease.