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Category 3 Vocabulary Drill

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

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.
Group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
a)
species
b)
gene pool
c)
population
d)
homologous structure
7.
Gradual change in a population through adaptations over time.
a)
migration
b)
directional selection
c)
evolution
d)
speciation
8.
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
9.
A population moving from on place to another.
a)
speciation
b)
geographic isolation
c)
genetic drift
d)
migration
10.
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
11.

physical or behavioral characteristics that increase chances of survival/reproduction

a)

microevolution

b)

macroevolution

c)

adaptation

d)

allele

12.

The ability of a trait to be passed down from one generation to the next

a)

adaptation

b)

fitness

c)

trait

d)

heritability

13.

Process of changing a species by breeding it for certain traits

a)

artificial selection

b)

natural selection

c)

heritability

d)

survival of the fittest

14.

Preserved remains of an organism, or the trace evidence of an organism's existence in the past

a)

fossil

b)

artificial selection

c)

vestigial structure

d)

trace element

15.

Remnants of once-important structures that gradually have lost all or most of their function over time

a)

homologous strucure

b)

analogous structure

c)

vestigial structure

d)

evolution

16.

Structures that perform a similar function but are not similar in origin.

a)

homologous structure

b)

analogous structure

c)

vestigial structure

d)

fossil

17.

Features found in different organisms that share structural similarities but may have very different functions.

a)

homologous structures

b)

analogous structures

c)

vestigial structures

d)

uniformitarianism

18.

Strongest evolutionary evidence is found in _________.

a)

Molecules

b)

RNA

c)

DNA

d)

bones

19.

Similarities in early development, or Embryos of an animal is called ______.

a)

Biogeography

b)

Embryology

c)

Natural Selection

20.
Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Charles Barkley
d)
Isaac Newton
21.

Which scientist is correctly paired with his contribution

to biological science?

a)

Miller – first to observe mitotic cell division

b)

Darwin – invented the electron microscope

c)

Watson – first to observe cells

d)

Linnaeus – devised a binomial system for naming organisms

22.

Life comes from non-living things

a)

Fitness

b)

Mimicry

c)

Abiogenesis

d)

Speciation

23.

The ability of an organism to look like another, more harmful organism.

a)

Camouflage

b)

Blending

c)

Coloration

d)

Mimicry

24.

An organism blending into its environment is know as what?

a)

Embryology

b)

Mimicry

c)

Camouflage

d)

Hiding

25.

Migration enables _______ ________ in populations.

a)

Sexual Selection

b)

Gene Pool

c)

Gene Flow

d)

Natural Selection

26.

Rapid evolutionary changes

a)

Punctuated Equilibrium

b)

Convergent Evolution

c)

Divergent Evolution

d)

Gradualism

27.

All of the genes available in a population.

a)

Gene Population

b)

Gene Flow

c)

Gene Pool

d)

Gene Party

28.

Study of physical distribution of plants and animals

a)

Biochemistry

b)

Biogeography

c)

Embryology

d)

Geography

29.

This type of cell has no nucleus

a)

Protist

b)

Fungi

c)

Plant

d)

Prokaryote

30.

This type of cell has no nucleus

a)

Bacteria

b)

eukaryote

c)

Fungi

d)

Animal

31.

This type of cell has a nucleus

a)

archaea

b)

prokaryote

c)

eukaryote

d)

bacteria

32.

This type of animal has a backbone (also called a spine)

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

c)

insect

d)

spider

33.

This type of animal does not have a backbone.

a)

horse

b)

turtle

c)

insect

d)

snake

34.

An organism made of only one cell

a)

unicellular

b)

multicellular

c)

eukaryote

d)

vertebrate

35.

An organism made of more than one cell.

a)

vertebrate

b)

insect

c)

multicellular

d)

unicellular

36.

This organism can make its own food.

a)

heterotroph

b)

autotroph

c)

honey bee

d)

eukaryote

37.

This type of organism has to eat other organisms to survive.

a)

heterotroph

b)

autotroph

c)

honey bees

d)

eukaryotes

38.

This word describes the ability to move.

a)

prokaryote

b)

autotroph

c)

mobile

d)

immobile

39.

This word describes something that cannot move.

a)

mobile

b)

nonmotile

c)

bound up

d)

heavy rock

40.

A creature that has many similar parts in a row down its body is said to be:

a)

unsegmented

b)

radial

c)

segmented

d)

bilateral

41.

What is the definition of Taxonomy?

a)

The science of shared characteristics.

b)

The science of defining groups.

c)

The science of defining groups of organisms based on shared characteristics

d)

The science of defining groups of organisms.

42.

What is the largest taxonomic category?

a)

Kingdom

b)

Domain

c)

Class

d)

Family

43.

If the organism is eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophic and mobile, it belongs to which kingdom?

a)

Animalia

b)

Plantae

c)

Protista

d)

Archaebacteria

44.

Organisms are given a scientific name. It has two parts. Which of these is correct?

a)

Domain, kingdom

b)

Kingdom, phyla

c)

Class, order

d)

Genus, species

45.

Which of these is the correct order, largest to smallest, for the taxonomic hierarchy?

a)

Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain

b)

Family, class, genus, species, kingdom, order, domain, phylum

c)

Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

d)

Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

46.

Which of these scientific names is correctly written?

a)

Echerichia Coli

b)

Echerichia coli

c)

echerichia Coli

d)

Coli echericia

47.

what is a series of question or statement sets that is used to identify organisms or objects.

a)

Scientific Name

b)

Dichotomous Key

c)

Species

d)

Taxonomy

48.

What is a name used by scientists that consist of an organism's genetic species?

a)

Taxonomy

b)

Scientific name

c)

species

d)

genus

49.

a two-part naming system that names each organism by giving its geneus and species

a)

taxonomy

b)

binomial nomenclature

c)

geneus

d)

species

50.

the largest taxon that contains the greatest diversity of organisms

a)

genus

b)

species

c)

kingdom

d)

phylum

51.
Cell with a nucleus, DNA is found in the nucleus of this cell. 
a)
Prokaryotic 
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Unicellular
d)
Multicellular 
52.
Cell with no nucleus, DNA floats freely in the cytoplasm. 
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Unicellular 
d)
Multicellular 
53.
Organism made of only one cell 
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Unicellular
d)
Multicellular 
54.
Organism made of many cells 
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Unicellular
d)
Multicellular 
55.
Organism that can make its own food
a)
heterotroph
b)
autotroph
56.
Organism that cannot make its own food. Consumes other organisms. 
a)
heterotroph
b)
autotroph 
57.
Naming system in which each species is given a two-part scientific name (genus and species) using Latin words
a)
Dichotomous Key
b)
Binomial Nomenclature
c)
Derived Characters
d)
Taxon
58.
The largest level of classification that divides organisms as either eukaryotes, eubacteria or achaebacteria
a)
Domain
b)
Kingdom
c)
Phylogeny
d)
Taxonomy
59.
Fill-in-the-blank:
Domain--Kingdom--Phylum--____________
a)
Order
b)
Family
c)
Class
d)
Species
60.

Identify the one that is NOT an archaea.

a)

Methanogen

b)

Thermophile

c)

Halophile

d)

Virus

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