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Evolution Vocab

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival
a)
adaptation
b)
fitness
c)
variation
d)
evolution
2.
Change in a kind of organism over time
a)
adaptation
b)
evolution
c)
variation
d)
fitness
3.
Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
a)
evolution
b)
adaptation
c)
fitness
d)
speciation
4.
Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully
a)
adaptation
b)
evolution
c)
natural selection
d)
fitness
5.
Characters in different organisms that are similar because they were inherited from a common ancestor that also had that character.  
a)
Homologous
b)
Analogous
c)
Speciation 
d)
Adaptive Radiation 
6.

The process by which humans have chosen and bred animals and plants with beneficial traits.

a)

Fitness

b)

Artificial Selection

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Speciation

7.

Body parts that are structurally similar in related species and that provide evidence of a common ancestor.

a)

Half Life

b)

Fossils

c)

Evolution

d)

Homologous Structures

8.

The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.

a)

Adaptation

b)

Relative Dating

c)

Fossils

d)

Evolution

9.
An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival
a)
adaptation
b)
fitness
c)
variation
d)
evolution
10.

What is is the study of how and why plants and animals live where they do?

a)

Evolution

b)

Adaptive Radiation

c)

Biogeography

d)

Biogeology

11.
Bird wings and butterfly wings are an example of
a)
Homologous structure
b)
Analogous structure
c)
Mimicry
d)
Camoflague
12.

Evolved from the same ancestor, but have different functions

a)

Homologous structures

b)

Analogous structures

c)

Vestigial structures

d)

All of the above

13.

Evolved from different ancestors, but due to living in similar environments have a similar function.

a)

Homologous structures

b)

Analogous structures

c)

Vestigial structures

d)

All of the above

14.

Penguin flipper and fish fin

a)

Homologous

b)

Vestigial

c)

Analogous

d)

None of the above

15.

An anatomical feature that no longer seams to have a purpose in the current form of an organism

a)

Homologous structure

b)

Analogous structure

c)

Vestigial structure

d)

None of the above

16.

Whales have pelvic bones. What type of structure does this best represent?

a)

Homologous structure

b)

Analogous structure

c)

Vestigial structure

d)

None of the above