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Life Science AKS 4 (GA) Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an inherited characteristic that helps organisms survive?

a)

Evolution

b)

Adaptation

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Extinction

2.

Evolution is...

a)

changes over time in populations

b)

natural process that passes favorable traits

c)

historical timeline of fossils

d)

the process in which an animal dies out

3.

Natural selection is the process that passes down ____________________ traits.

a)

Same

b)

Old

c)

Useless

d)

Favorable

4.

A mistake or change that occurs in the DNA sequence is called a ______________________.

a)

Extinction

b)

Speciation

c)

Mutation

d)

Genetic Variation

5.

The process in which an animal cannot reproduce any more and dies out is known as _________________________.

a)

Speciation

b)

Extinction

c)

Evolution

d)

Natural Selection

6.

When there is a difference in population based on genes, it is said to be a _______________.

a)

Mutation

b)

Speciation

c)

Extinction

d)

Genetic Variation

7.
Group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
a)
species
b)
gene pool
c)
population
d)
homologous structure
8.
Gradual change in a population through adaptations over time.
a)
migration
b)
directional selection
c)
evolution
d)
speciation
9.
Group of organisms all of the same species, living in the same place at the same time.
a)
gene pool
b)
population
c)
species
d)
evolution
10.
A population moving from on place to another.
a)
speciation
b)
geographic isolation
c)
genetic drift
d)
migration
11.
Scientist who proposed the theory of Natural Selection.
a)
Hardy
b)
Weinburg
c)
Darwin
d)
Einstein
12.
A change in the genetic information (DNA).
a)
Mutation
b)
Speciation
c)
Migration
d)
Evolution
13.
mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptions produce more offspring on average than do other individuals 
a)
Fitness
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Evolution
d)
Artificial Selection
14.
differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs
a)
Adaptation
b)
Variation
c)
Fittness
d)
Natural Selection
15.
measure of an organisms's ability to survive and produce offspring relative to other members of a population 
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Adaptation
c)
Fitness
d)
Variation
16.
Darwin referred to this as survival of the fittest. Over time, it results in changes in the inherited characteristics of a population. 
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Genetic Variation
c)
Survival of the Fittest
d)
Extinction
17.

Survival and reproduction of organisms the are best suited in their environment

a)

natural selection

b)

extinction

c)

biodiversity

d)

acquired characteristics

18.

Small differences of a particular trait

a)

gene pool

b)

mutation

c)

variation

d)

continental drift

19.

physical or behavioral characteristics that increase chances of survival/reproduction

a)

microevolution

b)

macroevolution

c)

adaptation

d)

allele

20.

Father of Evolution

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Pea plants

21.

Mimicry is

a)

Long Time evolutionary events

b)

Short time evolutionary events

c)

Mistakes in the genetic code

d)

When an organism looks very similar win physical resemblance to other objects

22.

The most specific classification, a group that mates to produce offspring

a)

Genus

b)

Fossils

c)

Species

d)

Speciation

23.

A body, organ, or bone that is still present but no longer useful to the organism is ______________________.

a)

Homologous Structure

b)

Vestigial Structure

24.

A similar bone or organ within many different species of life is a ____________________.

a)

homologous structure

b)

vestigial structure

25.

When there is a difference in population based on genes, it is said to be a _______________.

a)

Mutation

b)

Speciation

c)

Extinction

d)

Genetic Variation

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