Change Over Time Vocabulary Quiz

What is a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations?

• Absolute dating

• Scientific theory

• Branching tree

• Variation

A technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil is called ____.

• Natural selection

• Evolution

• Absolute dating

• Traits

The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce is called ____.

• Variation

• Natural selection

• Absolute dating

• Scientific theory

A specific characteristic of an individual that can be determined by genes or environmental factors is known as ____.

• Traits

• Evolution

• Branching tree

• Variation

The gradual change in a species over time is referred to as ____.

• Scientific theory

• Evolution

• Absolute dating

• Ancestor

What is the preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past called?

• Fossil

• Sedimentary rock

• Adaptation

• Extinct

A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment and/or reproduce is called ____.

• Extinct

• Adaptation

• Fossil

• Sedimentary rock

The type of rock that forms from compacted and cemented particles is ____.

• Sedimentary rock

• Fossil

• Adaptation

• Extinct

What is the process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully?

• Natural Selection

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Extinct

Fill in the blank: Differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs are called ____.

• Traits

• Variation

• Ancestor

• Fossil

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