Evolution Review

What does fitness in evolution refer to?

• Color of the organism
• Number of limbs
• Ability to fly
• Survival and reproductive success of an organism in its environment.

Mark each choice that is evidence for evolution?

• DNA comparisons

• comparing embyos

• Homologous structures

• Fossil comparisons

How do you define evolution?

• different kinds of living organisms have developed and diversified from earlier forms

• all living organisms were created in their current form.

• process of animals turning into plants.

• process of creating new species from scratch.

Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.

• Fossil
• Adaptation
• Ancestor
• Natural selection

Survival of the fittest or when favorable adaptations reproduce faster is called what?

• Evolution
• Adaptation
• Natural selection
• Fossilization

Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• adaptive radiation
• fossil

Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?

• the wings of a red-tailed hawk
• the hind limbs of a house cat
• the fins of sharks
• the tailbone of a human

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

What do we call a change in a species over time?

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Extinction

• Environmental influences

Why do embryologist study embryos?

• to see if they are related
• to understand adaptations
• to determine the age
• to learn what parents are vestigial