Life Science chapter 4

The process by which organisms change over time is known as

• Adaption

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

Insect fossils often are found preserved in

• amber

• ice

• tar

About how many years old is the human like fossil called Lucy?

• 3.5 million years

• 1.5 billion years

• 5.3 million years

All modern humans belong to the species

• Cro-Magnon

• Homo sapiens

• Neanderthalensis

Natural selection also is known as survival of the

• species

• variation

• fittest

The idea that each species produces more offspring than can survive is called

• overproduction

• variation

• evolution

Which of the following would most likely be found as a fossil

• shell

• a body organ

• skin

The modern theory of evolution is called the theory of

• relativity

• natural selection

• variation

Organisms that are no longer found as living species are said to be

• untraceable

• rare

• extinct

Body parts that are similar in structure are called

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• DNA evidence