Patterns in Biology Review

1. Last Name

2. First Name

3. Science Section

• 1
• 2
• 4

• 6

4. The theory based on the idea that all species are related and gradually change over time.

• natural selection
• fossil record
• evolution

5. The preserved backbone of an organism found in sedimentary rock is considered a ___.

• trace fossil
• fossil
• embryo

6. Scientists can tell how some organisms behaved from studying ___.

• trace fossils
• traits
• fossil theory

7. The study of the embryo

• embrionics
• adaptation
• embryology

8. An inherited characteristic that appears in offspring

• trait
• recessive gene
• spores

9. The process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.

• natural selection
• embryology
• survivial

10. Ostriches have the biggest eyes of any land mammal - and three sets of eyelids. The size of their eyes helps them to easily see predators like lions from a long distance. Compare two ostriches. One with larger eyes than the other. Which one has a higher probability of survival?

• The ostrich with the smaller eyes so that sand and dust doesn't affect the vision
• The ostrich with the larger eyes so that it can be alerted to danger and avoid predators.
• The ostrich with more eyelids will survive longer