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Evolution Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth

a)

Fossil Record

b)

Trace Fossil

2.

This is an example of

a)

fossil record

b)

cast fossil

c)

trace fossil

3.

Last individual of a species dies

a)

Mass extincition

b)

extincition

4.

change over time in populations of related organisms

a)

natural selection

b)

selective breeding

c)

biological evolution

5.

slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species

a)

variation

b)

adaptation

c)

trait

d)

gene

6.

process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have variations

a)

natural selection

b)

biological evolution

c)

adaptations

d)

comparative anatomy

7.

resemblance of one species to another species is

a)

camouflage

b)

mimicry

c)

adaptation

d)

trait

8.

breeding of organisms for desired characteristics is called

a)

selective breeding

b)

variation

c)

biological evolution

d)

natural selection

9.

body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and position but different in function

a)

homologous structures

b)

comparative anatomy

c)

analogous structure

d)

vestigial structure

10.

body parts that perform a similar function but differ in structure

a)

homologous structures

b)

analogous structures

c)

vestigial structures

d)

comparative anatomy

11.

structures that have lost their original function through evolution

a)

homologous structure

b)

analogous structure

c)

comparative anatomy

d)

vestigial structure

12.

The science of the development of embryos from fertilization to birth

a)

homologous structure

b)

analogous structure

c)

embryology

d)

vestigial structure