Unit 4: Evolution

Which evolution scientist developed the idea of inheriting acquired traits and was soon discredited?

• Charles Darwin

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Carolus Linneaus

Structures in modern organisms that have little to no function

• vestigial structures

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• embryological structures

Which of these is NOT evidence from living organisms that evolution has occurred?

• the fossil record

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• biochemical similarities

_____ show evidence of a common ancestor while _____ is just traits that evolve independently and do not show an evolutionary relationship

• homologous structures, analogous structures

• analogous structures, homologous structures

True or False: individuals can evolve

• True

• False

True or False: Individuals can adapt

• True

• False

Which evolution scientist came up with the idea of natural selection?

• Charles Darwin

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Carolus Linneaus

The movement of alleles into or out of a population due to migration is called

• natural selection

• genetic drift

• founder effect

• gene flow

Which of the following can lead to speciation? Select all that apply.

• stasis

• geographic isolation

• reproductive isolation

• acquired traits

When organisms do not change for a long period of time

• microevolution

• coevolution

• founder effect

• stasis