Early Study of Evolution

What do you call a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce?

• fossil

• heterozygote

• species

What word means any differences between individuals of the same species.

• evolution

• variation

• adaptation

The process of change over time.

• revolution

• generation

• evolution

the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• fossil

• species

• variation

A good explanation for a wide range of observation or experimental results.

• scientific experiment

• hypothesis

• scientific theory

to develop an evidence-based idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation.

• hypothesis

• evolution

• scientific theory

What is an inherited behavior or physical change that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

• evolution

• adaptation

• fossil

What causes organisms to change over time? What is the driving force behind the changes?

• evolution

• survival

• natural selection

What is the fundamental theory of all of modern biology?

• The Theory of Transformation

• The Theory of Evolution

• The Theory of Adaption

What drives adaptation and natural selection?

• Popularity

• Humans

• environmental conditions