Evolution/Natural Selection Quiz

The theory that organisms have slowly changed over time...

• fossil record

• relative dating

• evolution

• adaptation

In Natural selection an animal chooses to adapt in a single generation, and survives.

• true

• false

When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

Mistakes or changes that occur in the DNA sequence are called....

• adatations

• Darwinism

• mutations

• natural selection

What do we call similar physical structures that indicate a link to a common ancestor?

• absolute dating
• adaptations
• gradualism
• homologous structures

The preserved remains or physical evidence of an organism that lived in the past are called...

• evolutionary features
• fossils
• mutations
• variations

What does this picture model?

• DNA structure of the horse
• Evolution of the horse
• Extinction of the horse
• Singular traite of the horse

What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were different from the finches living on the South American mainland?

• They were different types of food available on the island.

• The finches on the islands had to drink salt water.

• There were different types of predators living on the island.

• The finches on the mainland built different types of nests.

Which beneficial variation would be most helpful in a desert environment?

• white fur
• claws for burrowing
• grean and black camouflage
• flippers

What is it called when an organism is best adapted to its environment, it will survive and reproduce more successfully than other organisms less adapted?

• cloning
• evolution of all species
• natural selection
• selective breeding