Chapter 10 Study Guide

The theory of natural seletion was developed by _____________________

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• Charles Darwin

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Thomas Malthus

What is the process for when humans select from beneficial traits for an organism?

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Reproductive isolation

• Sexual Reproduction

The galapagos islands all differ from one another in important ways, are where Darwin spent very little time, and are places where each have some distinct plant and animal life.

• True

• False

Darwin's reasoning for natural selection included him assuming that species can change over time

• True

• False

_____________ refers to an organisms relative ability to survive and reproduce

• Survival

• Reproduction

• Fitness

• Life Span

Fossils are distinct and direct evidence for evolution.

• True

• False

Provide a record of species that lived long ago.

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Fossils

• Emryology

The wings of a bat and the limbs of a cat are examples of

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• fossils

• embryology

The wings of a bat and wings of a bird are

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• fossils

• embryology

Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?

• Human appendix

• Pelvic bones of a whale

• Tailbone of humans

• All of the above are vestigial structures