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WorksheetsEvolution Review
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 23mins
When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called what?
Selective breeding
Natural Selection
Cloning
Evolution of all species
Sometimes bones in the front limbs of animals are very similar in structure. What do we call similar bone structures that indicate a link to a common ancestor?
Adaptations
Gradualism
Homologous Structures
Extinction
A physical or behavioral trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment is called a what?
An adaptation
A response to a stimulus
A mutation
Evolution
What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were different from the finches on the mainland?
There were different types of predators on the island.
There were different types of food available on the island.
The finches had no water to drink.
The finches on the mainland could not fly high enough.
What do we call a change in a species over time?
Adaptation
Evolution
Extinction
Environmental influences
What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environemtn?
variation
adaptation
homologous structure
vestigial structure
Offspring look different from one another
Variation
Fitness
Overproduction
Adaptation
The number of offspring that an organism has
Variation
Adaptation
Fitness
Overproduction
Believed that organisms change because they want to
Lamarck
Darwin
Those best suited for an environment survive to reproduce
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
Sexual Selection
Humans choosing what traits they want in an organism
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
Sexual Selection
Organisms with the same common ancestor evolving into different species
Divergent Evolution
Convergent Evolution
Coevolution
Organisms evolving to have the same adaptation
Divergent Evolution
Convergent Evolution
Coevolution
Organisms evolving with one another
Divergent Evolution
Convergent Evolution
Coevolution
Formation of new species
Speciesism
Speciation
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
Species are species if they can reproduce
Biological Species Concept
Morphological Species Concept
Species are species if they look alike
Biological Species Concept
Morphological Species Concept
The formation of species through physical separation
Geographic Isolation
Reproductive Isolation
The formation of species through an inability to produce offspring
Geographic Isolation
Reproductive Isolation
Different types of grapes for humans to eat would be formed by _____________
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
Sexual Selection
Human Selection
What is the difference between natural selection an evolution?
Evolution is real and natural selection is not
Natural selection is real and evolution is not
Evolution takes place over time and natural selection happens quickly
Natural selection takes place over time and evolution happens quickly
Why is artificial selection useful to humans?
We can develop larger animals for meat
We can develop creatures to do tasks or us
We can develop better and larger fruits
All of these
Why did some organisms survive the meteor that killed the dinosaurs?
The species around today escaped the meteor
The species around today evolved from species that survived the meteor
The species that exist today were separated from one another
Dinosaurs never existed
When the environment changes too quickly for an organism to adapt
evolution
speciation
genetic drift
extinction
Peacock’s tails are very large and often make them easy prey. Why haven’t all of the large-tailed peacocks died off?
Tail size does not affect survival
Female peacocks prefer to mate with males with large tails
There are only peacocks with large tails
None of these
Which of the following is not an example of coevolution?
A bee evolves to be better at pollinating flowers
A bat evolves to be better at catching moths
A crab evolves to be better at crushing snail shells
A rabbit evolves to have thicker fur to protect it from the cold
Two species of finch live in the same environment. Over time, one develops a larger beak to consume larger seeds, while the other develops a narrow beak to consume more delicate seeds. This is an example of
Divergent Evolution
Convergent Evolution
Coevolution
Reproductive Isolation
Which of the following would lead to the formation of a mutualism?
Divergent evolution
Convergent evolution
Coevolution
Reproductive isolation
What do phylogenetic trees show?
How closely species are related
How many fossils we have found
What eats what
Coevolution
