WorksheetsEvolution Vocab Review
Total questions: 14
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.
Gradual change in a population through adaptations over time.
a)
migration
b)
directional selection
c)
evolution
d)
speciation
5.
Scientist who proposed the theory of Natural Selection.
a)
Hardy
b)
Weinburg
c)
Darwin
d)
Einstein
6.
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
7.
physical or behavioral characteristics that increase chances of survival/reproduction
a)
microevolution
b)
macroevolution
c)
adaptation
d)
allele
8.
Structures that no longer serve a purpose.
a)
Homologous structures
b)
gene pool
c)
population
d)
Vestigial structures
9.
Structures that have common evolutionary origins, provide evidence for common ancestor.
a)
Species
b)
Vestigial Structures
c)
Population
d)
Homologous Structures
10.
Any preserved remains of ancient organisms (imprint in rock, or bones, teeth, seashells, etc. are called _________.
a)
evolution
b)
fossils
c)
gradualism
11.
The habitat of a moth species included trees with both light and dark colored bark.Therefore the moth species included both light and dark colored variants.Then the light-colored trees were wiped out by a disease, and within a few years nearly all the moths in this forest were dark colored. Which of the following choices BEST explains what happened?
a)
The light moths that survived all had dark offspring in order to adapt to the change.
b)
The dark moths were less visible to predators, so mostly light moths were eaten.
c)
The few light moths that survived did not mate, and therefore they had no offspring.
d)
The light moths changed their wing pigments to darker colors to avoid being eaten.
12.
Same structure, different function
a)
Homologous Structures
b)
Vestigial Structures
c)
Analogous Structures
13.
Same function, different structure
a)
Vestigial Structures
b)
Analogous Structures
c)
Homologous Structures
d)
Adaptation
14.
The principle that all living things have a common ancestor
a)
Common Descent
b)
Gene Flow
c)
Genetic Drift
d)
Migration
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