Evolution Review

The man who proposed the theory of natural selection and evolution.

• Thomas Moore
• Gregor Mendel
• Neil Degrasse Tyson
• Charles Darwin

A change in a trait or characteristic that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce.

• extinction
• natural selection
• adaptation
• choice

The theory that organisms best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
"Survival of the fittest."

• Natural selection
• Adaptation
• Extinction
• Fossil

What is the cause for all variation within a population?

• Natural Selection
• Adaptation
• Mutation
• Environmental Changes

According to the diagram, who is most closely related to primates? 

• Amphibians
• Rodents & Rabbits
• Crocodiles
• Sharks

When has speciation occurred?

• When populations no longer look the same
• When populations no longer have the same frequency of alleles
• When populations are living in different environments
• When populations can no longer interbreed

A rabbit that can easily outcompete other rabbits for food and that can produce many offspring has a high

• sexuality
• mutation rate
• fitness
• adaptability

A chance occurrence that negatively affects a population because the population is small is 

• genetic drift
• mutation
• speciation
• migration

Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. What is the reason for this?

• The function of these bones is the same in all animals
• They live in similar environments
• They have a common ancestor
• All organisms resemble humans

Individuals within a population can evolve.

• True
• False