Evolution

Which of the following is not true about Charles Darwin?

• traveled as a naturalist for 10 years

• was from England

• is credited with the theory of Evolution

• worried 20 years before publishing his ideas

What do we call a process an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment?

• evolution

• adaptation

• natural selection

• survival of the fittest

This is a process in which organisms gradually change over time.

• Environment

• Competition

• Evolution

• Fossils

The death of every member of a species.

• Competition

• Population

• Extinction

• Evidence

This is the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

• Competiton

• Extinction

• Evidence

• Fossil

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Because they come from dominant alleles.

• Because they come from recessive alleles.

• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth

• Light moth

• Both will be equally successful

• Neither will be successful

Change over time

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

• Homeostasis

• Evolution

Which best describes mutations?

• Always helpful

• Always harmful

• Can be helpful or harmful

• Always neutral

Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

• vestigial structures

• homologous structures

• adaptive radiation

• fossil