Evolution

________ structures are reduced in size or function due to lack of use.

• vestigial

• homologous

• cladistic

• phylogenic

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

• adaptation
• variation
• homologous structure
• vestigial structure

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

• artificial selection

• survival of the fittest

• inheritance of acquired characteristics

• natural selection

Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

Finches on the Galapagos Islands had different beaks in order to help them do what?

• Build nests
• Fight off predators
• Collect food sources
• Compete with rivals

This scientist came up with the idea of natural selection. Considered the Father of Evolution

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Thomas Malthus

A remains or traces left over of an organism from the past is called a _______.

• Ancestor

• Skeleton

• Fossil

• Imprints

Survival of the fittest or when favorable adaptations reproduce faster is called what?

• Evolution
• Adaptation
• Natural selection
• Fossilization

Structures with the same structure have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

• vestigial structures

• homologous structures

• adaptive radiation

• fossil

The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment 

• diversity.
• evolution
• adaptation
•  fitness