WorksheetsEvolution Vocabulary
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The emergence of a new species.
a)
genetic drift
b)
extinction
c)
speciation
d)
evolution
2.
The disappearance of a species.
a)
Evolution
b)
Extinction
c)
Migration
d)
Mutation
3.
Group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
a)
species
b)
gene pool
c)
population
d)
homologous structure
4.
Structures that no longer serve a purpose.
a)
Homologous structures
b)
gene pool
c)
population
d)
Vestigial structures
5.
Difference in location or timing of mating, leading to speciation.
a)
geographic isolation
b)
reproductive isolation
c)
punctuated equilibrium
d)
speciation
6.
Structures that have common evolutionary origins, provide evidence for common ancestor.
a)
Species
b)
Vestigial Structures
c)
Population
d)
Homologous Structures
7.
Gradual change in a population through adaptations over time.
a)
migration
b)
directional selection
c)
evolution
d)
speciation
8.
Group of organisms all of the same species, living in the same place at the same time.
a)
gene pool
b)
population
c)
species
d)
evolution
9.
The idea that evolution seems to occur in spurts of time.
a)
stabilizing selection
b)
directional selection
c)
disruptive selection
d)
puntuated equilibrium
10.
All of the genetic information found in a population.
a)
population
b)
genetic drift
c)
evolution
d)
gene pool
11.
A population moving from on place to another.
a)
speciation
b)
geographic isolation
c)
genetic drift
d)
migration
12.
Physical separation of a population, leading to speciation.
a)
reproductive isolation
b)
geographic isolation
c)
speciation
d)
gene pool
13.
Scientist who proposed the theory of Natural Selection.
a)
Hardy
b)
Weinburg
c)
Darwin
d)
Einstein
14.
The entire curve moves in one direction or the other.
a)
Stabilizing selection
b)
Disruptive selection
c)
Directional selection
15.
A change in the genetic information (DNA).
a)
Mutation
b)
Speciation
c)
Migration
d)
Evolution
16.
Favors the middle of the population.
a)
Disruptive selection
b)
Stabilizing selection
c)
Directional selection
17.
A chance occurrence that negatively affects a population because the population is small.
a)
genetic drift
b)
mutation
c)
speciation
d)
migration
18.
Middle is wiped out, extremes survive.
a)
Stabilizing selection
b)
Disruptive selection
c)
Directional selection
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