Evolution Review

Which of the following is a fossil?

• a plant that has recently died
• a group of organisms that can reproduce
• a structure or organ that no longer functions
• a trace of an organisms that existed in the past

What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environemtn?

• variation

• adaptation

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

• natural selection
• inheritance
• artificial selection
• descent withOUT modification

Natural selection results in change over time by acting on traits that are

• heritable
• new
• mutated 
• better than the best

Charles Darwin came up with this theory 

• Natural Selection
• Mutation

Most of the species found in fossil form are _______________. 

• Alive
• Extinct

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures.  These are known as

• vestigial structures
• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• fossil structures

The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

Who is the father of evolution?

• Darwin
• Mendel
• Newton
• Einstein