Evolution Quiz

A similar structure in organisms that has a different function like the wing of a bird, fin of a whale, and leg of a dog.

• Vestigial structure

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

Structures that have a different build but the same function, like the wing of a bird and a wing of a butterfly.

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

Structures that were once necessary in the ancestors of an organism but are now functionless, like the hip bones of a whale.

• Vestigial structures

• Homologous structures

• analogous structures

The process by which individuals of a species that are better adapted to their environment will survive and reproduce to pass on their genes to their offspring.

• Artificial selection

• Selective breeding

• Natural selection

• Adaptation

Darwin used the dead remains of organisms called _ to observe how certain species had changed over time.

• Fossils

• Samples

• Specimen

The study of the distribution of organisms

• Geography

• Biology

• Physics

• Biogeography

A heritable trait that increases an organisms chance of survivial.

• Mutation

• Fitness

• Adaptation

• Vestigial structure

English naturalist who came up with the idea of evolution through natural selection.

• Mendel

• Darwin

• Newton

• Watson

Selective breeding of plants and livestock by farmers and other breeders.

• Natural selection

• Simple selection

• Artificial Selection

• Perfect selection

How well an organism can survive and reproduce in their environment is called that organism's _.

• Adaptability

• Survival capability

• Fitness

• Natural readiness