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WorksheetsNatural Selection / Evolution Vocab
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Any change in heritable traits within a population over generations.
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Evolution
c)
Decent with Modification
d)
Adaptation
2.
Traits that can be passed on from parents to their offspring.
a)
Adaptation
b)
Mutation
c)
Heritable traits
d)
Punctuated Equilibrium
3.
A random change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA. This may or may not result in a noticeable change in the organism.
a)
Mutation
b)
Adaptation
c)
Heritable traits
d)
Punctuated Equilibrium
4.
When parents have children, their children look and act different than their parents.
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Punctuate Equilibrium
c)
Evolution
d)
Descent with Modification
5.
The idea that all things in life are related.
a)
Common Descent
b)
Evolution
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Punctuated Equilibrium
6.
The organisms with the traits best suited for survival live and get to pass on their genes to their offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Punctuated Equilibrium
d)
Mutation
7.
Intentional breeding of organisms with desirable traits so that offspring have similar desirable traits.
a)
Mutation
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Evolution
d)
Selective Breeding
8.
An environmental change or stress that favors one trait over another.
a)
Fitness
b)
Adaptation
c)
Selective Pressure
d)
Punctuated Equilibrium
9.
A change that increases an organism's chances of survival over time. These are originally caused by mutations.
a)
Selective Pressure
b)
Adaptation
c)
Evolution
d)
Natural Selection
10.
The ability of an organism to successfully reproduce and pass on its genes.
a)
Fitness
b)
Adaptation
c)
Selective Pressure
d)
Selective Breeding
11.
Species are stable and stay the same for millions of years and then rapidly change, resulting in new species.
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Evolution
c)
Punctuated Equilibrium
d)
Fittness
12.
Occurs when a population of organisms cannot adapt quickly enough to environmental changes.
a)
Evolution
b)
Adaptation
c)
Selective Pressure
d)
Extinction
13.
The scientist who first developed the theories of Evolution and Natural Selection.
a)
Alfred Russel Wallace
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Francis Crick
14.
The scientist who independently developed the theories of Evolution and Natural Selection, but was the second person to do so by about 30 years.
a)
Alfred Russel Wallace
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Francis Crick
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