WorksheetsUnit 7.1 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
a)
Fitness
b)
Strength
c)
Evolution
2.
Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.
a)
Adaptation
b)
Evolution
c)
Genetic drift
3.
When two or more species sharing a common ancestor become more different over time
a)
Evolutionary mechanisms
b)
Convergent evolution
c)
Allele frequency
d)
Divergent evolution (adaptive radiation)
4.
Movement of alleles from population to another
a)
Gene flow
b)
Genetic drift
c)
Allele frequency
d)
Diversity (biodiversity)
5.
Evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species when adapting to similar environments
a)
Convergent evolution
b)
Divergent evolution (adaptive radiation)
c)
Evolutionary mechanisms
d)
Natural selection
6.
Individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
a)
Convergent evolution
b)
Allele frequency
c)
Natural selection
d)
Genetic drift
7.
How often a form of a gene appears in a gene pool.
a)
Convergent evolution
b)
Allele frequency
c)
Genetic drift
d)
Natural selection
8.
A change in the allele frequency of a population as a result of chance events rather than natural selection.
a)
Convergent evolution
b)
Genetic drift
c)
Gene flow
d)
Evolutionary mechanisms
9.
The evolution of new species from an existing species.
a)
Speciation
b)
Genetic drift
c)
Convergent evolution
d)
Allele frequency
10.
A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
a)
Fitness
b)
Evolution
c)
Adaptation
d)
Genetic drift
11.
BONUS: The prefix "di-" means:
a)
Two, double
b)
With, together
c)
To change
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