Evolution Vocabulary Test

deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits and needs to live.

• DNA

• Gene

• Protein

• Mutation

 a segment of DNA that is located on a chromosome and that codes for one or more inherited traits; the basic unit of heredity.

• DNA

• Gene

• Protein

• Mutation

a molecule that is made up of amino acids and that is needed to build and repair body structures and to regulate processes in the body.

• DNA

• Gene

• Protein

• Mutation

a change in the nucleotide-base sequence of a gene or DNA molecule.

• DNA

• Gene

• Protein

• Mutation

an inherited trait that improves an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

• Adaption

• Protein

• Gene

• Mutation

the process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise.

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Protein

• Mutation

the occurrence of hereditary or nonhereditary differences between different individuals of a population.

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Mutation

the proportion of gene copies in a population that are a given allele, expressed as a percentage.

• Allele Frequency

• Variation

• Evolution

• Adaptations

the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution.

• Natural Selection

• Allele Frequency

• Variation

• Evolution

a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring.

• Species

• Natural Selection

• Variation

• Mutation