Vocabulary Evolution and Adaptation Quiz

What is the term for a behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment?

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

• Mutation

Which term describes the gradual change in species over time?

• Diversity

• Evolution

• Extinction

• Variation

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What process involves individuals that are better adapted to their environment being more likely to survive and reproduce?

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

• Radioactive Dating

• Extinction

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Who was the British naturalist that formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection?

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Gregor Mendel

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What term refers to the variety of organisms that inhabit the Earth?

• Extinction

• Diversity

• Variation

• Adaptation

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What is any difference between organisms of the same species called?

• Mutation

• Variation

• Evolution

• Diversity

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What is the disappearance of all members of a species from Earth known as?

• Extinction

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Mutation

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What are gaps in the fossil record referred to as?

• Homologous Structure

• Missing Link

• Radioactive Dating

• Mutation

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What are similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor called?

• Fossil

• Homologous Structure

• Adaptation

• Variation

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

• Mutation

• Fossil

• Extinction

• Diversity

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