WorksheetsEvolution Vocab Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
occurs when the environment changes and the adaptations of a species are no longer sufficient for its survival
(a)
an inherited trait that helps an organism survive
(a)
Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.
Natural selection
Mutation
Extinction
Evolution
A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.
Mutation
Natural selection
Evolution
Camouflage
The act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance to blend in
Mimicry
Mutation
Camouflage
Inhertitance
The remnant of an organ that had a function in an early ancestor is known as a(n)
vestigial structure
analogous structure
homologous structure
fossil structure
Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures. These are known as
vestigial structures
analogous structures
homologous structures
fossil structures
On the cladogram, which organism is the closest relative of the human?
Frog
Hare
Caiman
Parrot
What is the process of which humans breed organisms for certain traits?
artificial selection
descent without modification
inheritance of acquired characteristics
natural selection
Vertebrate embryos pass through similar stages of development is evidence for
use and disuse
homologous structures
common ancestry
acquired characteristics
Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
Steven Hawking
Isaac Newton
What type of structure does this image illustrate?
Homologous structures
Analogous structures
Vestigial structures
The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring is known as:
Natural Selection
Genetic Drift
Gene Flow
Mutation
Which term describes a structure that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution?
Vestigial Structure
Analogous Structure
Homologous Structure
Adaptive Structure
What is the term for the formation of a new species as a result of evolution?
Speciation
Adaptation
Extinction
Migration
