Evolution/Classification Vocabulary quiz

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?

• species
• organism
• embryology
• vestigial 

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Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA

• tRNA

• protein

• rRNA

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Body parts of organisms that are the same in structure and position but different in function.

• embryos
• homologous structures
• analogous structures
• vestigial structures

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Body parts that have lost their original function.

• embryos
• homologous structures
• analogous structures
• vestigial structures

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 
• Variation 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection 

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A bat wing and a butterfly wing are both used for flying but they are made differently. What type of structure is this?

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

• Vestigial structure

• Fossil structure

A naming system in which two terms are used to name a species of an organism where the first name is the genus and the second name is the species.

• dichotomous key

• binominal nomenclature

• phylogeny

• cladestics

_______________ the evolutionary history of an organism

• Classification

• Phylogeny

• Hierarchy

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A human arm and a whale fin have similar bone structure but the whale fin is used for swimming and the arm is used for reaching and grabbing. What type of structures are these?

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Vestigial structures

• Fossil structures

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