Natural Selection

What is the term for a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• Adaptation

• Mutation

• Evolution

• Reproduction

What is the term for the process by which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments?

• Convergent evolution

• Divergent evolution

• Parallel evolution

• Adaptive radiation

What is an animal's ability to blend into its environment?

• Camouflage

• Mimicry

• Disguise

• Adaptation

What is the term for the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources?

• Competition

• Collaboration

• Isolation

• Domination

What is the term for the formation of a new species as a result of evolution?

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Speciation

• Natural Selection

What is the term for the preserved remains or traces of organisms from the past?

• Fossils

• Artifacts

• Relics

• Specimens

What is the process where organisms best suited to their environments survive and reproduce?

• Natural selection

• Artificial selection

• Genetic drift

• Evolutionary adaptation

What is the term for the selection of traits by humans in breeding animals or plants?

• Natural selection

• Genetic drift

• Artificial selection

• Evolutionary adaptation

What is the term for the process by which a single species evolves into several different forms that live in different ways?

• Adaptive radiation

• Convergent evolution

• Divergent evolution

• Speciation

What is the term for the genetic makeup of an organism?

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Allele

• Chromosome