Evolution Vocab Quiz

Change over time is

• evolution

• generation

• growth

• biogenesis

The term that best describes why the moth population changed color over time

• adaptation
• natural selection
• mutation
• predator-prey

The term that best describes  "the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring".

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

Which statement best describes the process of evolution?

• Populations can survive in different locations on earth

• Environmental conditions limit the number of species on Earth

• Populations grow when resources are abundant

• The traits of a species can change over time

When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

Mistakes or changes that occur int he DNA sequence are called....

• adatations
• Darwinism
• mutations
• natural selection

What do we call similar physical structures that indicate a link to a common ancestor?

• absolute dating
• adaptations
• gradualism
• homologous structures

The preserved remains or physical evidence of an organism that lived in the past are called...

• evolutionary features
• fossils
• mutations
• variations

The structures shown are_________

• homologous
• heterologous
• analogous
• vestigial

Common ancestry can also be seen in the developing embryos of most vertebrates. This is called:

• DNA studies

• embryology

• extinction

• fossil record