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WorksheetsEvolution Quizizz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
The process of organisms with the best adaptations surviving and reproducing is called---
Survival of the fittest
Natural selection
Adaptive behaviors
Being smart
Why does natural selection happen?
Organisms have to fight to survive.
Predators have to eat.
Resources are limited.
Everything has a common ancestor.
The struggle between organisms for food, space, water and mates
competition
adaptation
natural selection
gene flow
The movement of genetic information from one population to another
genetic drift
adaptation
homology
gene flow
change in frequency (percent) of genetic information in a population.
genetic drift
homology
natural selection
gene flow
Similar structures in different organisms which may or may not have a similar function.
adaptation
natural selection
homology (homologous structures)
competition
A structure in a species which used to function but does not function anymore
homology (homologous structures)
vestigial structures
competition
adaptation
What is the basic idea of evolution?
Organisms struggle to survive.
Those organisms that don't adapt, go extinct.
Everything on earth is related through common ancestors.
Resources are limited.
When a species completely dies out, it is called.....
Adaption
Extinction
Fossilization
Mutation
Remains of ancient organisms are called
Extinctions
Fossils
Mutations
Variations
A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other AND produce offspring that can eventually make more offspring is called a ...
species
class
genus
kingdom
Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection?
People breeding dogs for certain traits.
Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.
Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.
The environment changed during the Industrial Revolution because of all the smoke and soot. How did this change affect peppered moths living in the area?
Natural selection favored moths with dark wings because predators could not see them on the soot-colored trees.
Natural selection favored moths with white wings that were easy for predators to see.
Natural selection favored moths with white wings because predators could not see them on the soot-colored trees.
Natural selection caused moths with white wings to become extinct.
What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?
DNA studies
embryology
extinction
fossil record
What is this an example of?
diversity of species
variation
vestigial structures
DNA studies
What is this a picture of?
family tree
pedigree
cladogram
phylogenetic tree
The shark to the left of the newt has---
hair
no tail
lungs
jaws
