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Evolution Vocabulary Review - 4/6

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of selection does this graph show?

a)

Directional Selection

b)

Disruptive Selection

c)

Static Selection

d)

Stabilizing Selection

2.

What type of selection does this graph show?

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Directional Selection

c)

Stabilizing Selection

d)

Disruptive Selection

3.

What type of selection does this graph show?

a)

Disruptive Selection

b)

Artificial Selection

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Directional Selection

4.

Species cannot breed because they mate at different times.

a)

Behavioral Isolation

b)

Geographical Isolation

c)

Temporal Isolation

d)

Social Distancing

5.

Species cannot breed because they have different mating habits.

a)

Behavioral Isolation

b)

Genetic Isolation

c)

Temporal Isolation

d)

Geographic Isolation

6.

Species cannot breed because they are separated by physical barriers like mountains and rivers.

a)

Behavioral Isolation

b)

Social Distancing

c)

Geographic Isolation

d)

Temporal Isolation

7.

When allele frequencies remain constant a.k.a. they do not change.

a)

Genetic Drift

b)

Genetic Equilibrium

c)

Gene pool

d)

Hardy-Weinberg Principle

8.

All the genetic information found in all the members of a population.

a)

Evolution

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Genetic Drift

d)

Gene Pool

9.

Changes in allele frequencies due to chance.

a)

Genetic Drift

b)

Founder Effect

c)

Bottleneck Effect

d)

Natural Selection

10.

Allele frequencies change when a small population migrates to a new area like an island.

a)

Bottleneck Effect

b)

Founder Effect

c)

Genetic Drift

11.

Change in allele frequencies after a population size is greatly reduced like after a wildfire.

a)

Bottleneck Effect

b)

Founder Effect

c)

Genetic Drift

12.

Formation of a new species is called...

(a)  

13.

Gentleman who proposed another theory of evolution that included the idea of "use and disuse".

a)

Darwin

b)

Watson

c)

Mendel

d)

Lamarck

14.

Change in a species over time.

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Fitness

c)

Evolution

d)

Growth

15.

Which of the following is a vestigial organ?

a)

Heart

b)

Lungs

c)

Appendix

d)

Gallbladder

16.

An organ or structure that was once-needed but is no longer necessary...

(a)  

17.

Preserved remains including eggs, bones, plant parts, and footprints...

(a)  

18.

This diagram represents...

a)

Homologous Structures

b)

Analogous Structures

c)

Vestigial Organs

19.

Same structure but different function. Example: a whale flipper and a human leg.

a)

Homologous

b)

Analogous

20.

Different structures but same function. Example: bird wing and insect wing.

a)

Homologous

b)

Analogous

21.

Homologous structures indicate what type of evolution has occurred.

a)

Divergent Evolution (a.k.a. sharing a common ancestor)

b)

Convergent Evolution (a.k.a. not sharing a common ancestor)

22.

Who proposed the Theory of Evolution?

(a)  

23.

The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.

(a)  

24.

Any physical or behavioral characteristic in an organism that allows them to better survive and reproduce in their environment.

(a)  

25.

The best-adapted organism will be the one who survives and passes its genes on during reproduction.

a)

Evolution

b)

Artificial Selection

c)

Survival of the Fittest

d)

Adaptation

26.

Darwin's proposed mechanism for evolution. The organism best adapted to its environment will ultimately survive and reproduce, passing along those favorable genes to its offspring.

(a)  

27.

Initially, which color variety of peppered moths was favorable because they blended in with the lichen?

a)

Light

b)

Dark

28.

As the Industrial Revolution happened, the trees became darker, causing which variety of moths to become better adapted?

a)

Light

b)

Dark

29.

Since dark moths became better adapted, did the dark allele frequency increase or decrease in the population of peppered moths?

a)

Increased

b)

Decreased

30.

When environmental regulations were imposed and trees became lighter, what happened to the light allele frequency?

a)

Increased

b)

Decreased

c)

Nothing

31.

What evidence of evolution does this image show?

a)

Embryology

b)

Molecular Biology

c)

Homologous Structures

d)

Analogous Structures

32.

All current species have common ancestors and have been changed or modified from them over time.

a)

Evolution

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Descent with Modification

d)

Genetic Drift

33.

If two species have more similar DNA sequences, they are likely...

a)

Distantly related

b)

Closely related

c)

Not related at all

34.

Share a similar evolutionary history as evidenced by DNA similarities.

a)

Gene Pool

b)

Genetic Drift

c)

Founder Effect

d)

Common Ancestor

35.

Gene variation is caused by...

a)

Selective Breeding

b)

Mutations

c)

Allele Frequency

d)

Gene Shuffling