Evolution Vocabulary Review

Structures that are similar in different species and that have been inherited from a common ancestor are

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• varied structures

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A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce is ...

• a species

• a variation

• an extinction

• an adaptation

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 A pattern of evolution in which long stable periods are interrupted by brief periods of more rapid change is...

• extinction

• gradualism

• punctuated equilibrium

Any difference between individuals of the same species is ...

• a variation

• a homologous structure

• an extinction

• a vestigial structure

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A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that lived long ago is called a ...

• anthropologist

• environmentalist

• paleontologist

• archaeologist

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The process by which organisms that are best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive and reproduce is called...

• extinction

• punctuated equilibrium

• gradualism

• natural selection

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A well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results is a ...

• scientific theory

• variation

• natural selection

• adaptation

 An inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment is...

• a fossil

• a species

• an adaptation

• a variation

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A pattern of evolution characterized by the slow and steady accumulation of small genetic changes over long periods of time is called...

• extinction

• gradualism

• puntuated equilibrium

• variation

 The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past is called

• a fossil

• a variation

• a homologous structure

• an adaptation

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