Evolution Test

What is evolution?

• An idea that all species are related and change gradually over time

• it is a fight between species

• An idea that all organisms are alike

• Man came from gorillas

Evolution is the UNIFYING THEORY OF BIOLOGY because it helps us explain and understand the _________ of life on the planet.

• Life

• Diversity

• Animals

• Biological

A process in which an organisms adapts to its environment through selectively reproducing changes in its genotype.

• Natural selection

• Carbon dating

• Molecular biology

• Ecology

________ are statements or models that have been tested and confirmed

• Principles

• Laws

• Theories

Who established the Theory of Evolution by natural selection

• Thomas Edison

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Jack Sparrow

Darwin observed several different types of finches.  Why are there so many different types?

• Finches live in different places, but eat the same food.

• The finch populations were very numerous, and different species often bred with one another.

• Finches live in different habitats and eat different types of food.

• Finches are found all over the world.

The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• Variations

• Inheritance

• Differential Survival and Reproduction

• Adaptations

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.

• To protect itself against predators.

• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

• To protect itself against prey.

Adaptations can be:

• hunting skills

• camouflage

• ability to survive cold weather

• All of the above

The arm of a human, the flipper of a whale, and the wing of a bat all have similar bone structures. Therefore, these parts of the body would all be considered...

• homologous structures

• transitional fossils

• vestigial structures

• common ancestors