Biology Review - Evolution & Ecology

The idea of all life coming from one common ancestor ("from microbe to man") is called...

• natural selection

• mutation

• Darwinian evolution

• adaptation

Change happening on a small scale within a single population or species (think of different beaks in finches) is called...

• mutation

• microevolution

• symbiosis

• macroevolution

Change happening on a large scale outside the boundary of species (think of dinosaurs turning into birds) is called...

• microevolution

• mutation

• commensalism

• macroevolution

The idea that the organisms that fit their environment best will also survive the best ("survival of the fittest") is called...

• symbiosis

• commensalism

• natural selection

• mutation

An unexpected change in the DNA sequence of an organism is called...

• mutation

• adaptation

• decomposition

• evolution

Mutations can be...

(choose 3)

• identical

• beneficial

• translated

• neutral

• harmful

The majority of mutations are...

(choose 2)

• beneficial

• neutral

• harmful

The relationship between two or more organisms where at least one of them benefits is called...

• ecology

• mutation

• symbiosis

• symmetry

A type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit is called...

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• mutation

A type of symbiosis where one organism benefits, and the other is unaffected is called...

• commensalism

• natural selection

• mutualism

• parasitism