Evolution Unit Review

A group of organisms that can mate AND produce fertile offspring.

• clade

• family

• species

The differences in physical traits that naturally exist amongst individuals in a population are know as _______________.

• mutations

• bottleneck effects

• variations

The biological process by which descendants become different from their ancestors is known as ____________.

• evolution

• paleontology

• biology

A characteristic that allows an organism to better survive and reproduce in its environment is known as a(n) ______________.

• mutation

• variation

• adaptation

Darwin proposed that nature "picks" traits that help an organism survive thus making these traits more likely to be passed to the next generation. He called this process _____________________.

• Artificial Selection

• Natural Selection

• Sexual Selection

• The Circle of Life

Which of the following would NOT be used to support the theory of evolution?

• vestigial structures

• analogous structures

• embryology

• fossil records

In artificial selection, humans would use the process of ______________.

• genetic engineering

• gene slicing

• selective breeding

A birds wing and a bee's wing when compared would be an example of __________________ because they have a different form.

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• embryology

A human's hand, a mole's foot, and a bat's wing that show similar structure would be examples of ______________ because they have the SAME form.

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• embryology

The human appendix or wisdom teeth are examples of ______________.

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• verified structures