- 1. Organisms that are most fit to their environment will have the best chance of survival
A) Natural Selection
B) Evolution
C) Extinction
D) Survival of the Fittest
- 2. Structures that have different mature forms, but develop from the same embryonic structure are called:
A) homologous structures
B) adaptations
C) analygous structures
D) vestigial structures
- 3. On the Galapagos Islands, Darwin observed that the characteristics of many animals and plants:
A) were inherited from humans
B) varied from island to island
C) were acquired through use
D) all looked alike
- 4. The process by which a species becomes better suited to its environment is called:
A) natural selection
B) niche
C) adaptation
- 5. This evidence comes out of the Earth's crust. It is the timeline of past life, organized by estimated ages and classified by similarities in form. What is it?
A) natural selection
B) trace fossil
C) fossil record
D) genus
- 6. Species producing more offspring than can survive:
A) overproduction
B) adaptation
C) variation
D) population
- 7. What was the name of the chain of islands that Darwin visited?
A) Galapagos
B) Tortugas
C) Caymen
D) Caribbean
- 8. The type of structure that seems to no longer serve a purpose in an organism is called:
A) homologous
B) dichotomous
C) analogous
D) vestigial
- 9. In the theory of natural selection, species are most likely to survive if they:
A) overproduce
B) have variations that make them adapted to their environment
C) are isolated
D) inherit acquired traits
- 10. ___________ are evidence of things that were once alive that have been turned to stone.
A) fossils
B) dinosaurs
C) stones
D) whales
- 11. An example of analogous structures would be :
A) whale flipper and human arm
B) bird wing and dog arm
C) bat wing and butterfly wing
- 12. When the last individual organism of a species dies.
A) mutation
B) extinction
C) natural selection
D) evolution
- 13. In December of 1831, the _____________ sailed from England to explore the South American coast with Charles Darwin aboard.
A) RMS Titanic
B) HMS Bloodhound
C) USS Eisenhower
D) HMS Beagle
- 14. ________________ was the key to developing new species based on what Darwin observed on the Galapagos Islands
A) Reproductive Isolation
B) Transcription
C) Artificial Selection
D) Evolution
- 15. The finches of the Galapagos Islands were similiar in form except for variations of their beaks. Darwin observed that these variations were useful for :
A) attracting a mate
B) gathering food
C) defending territory building nests.
- 16. Many Savannah elephant populations migrate during the dry season to find water sources. This is an example of which type of adaptation:
A) Behavioral Adaptation
B) Structural adaptation
C) Natural selection
D) Physiological adaptation
- 17. A fossil that comes from the imprint of the swish of a tail or a footprint that was left is known as a ________________ fossil.
A) Trace
B) cast
C) mold
D) stone
- 18. Different types of bird beaks are an example of:
A) learned behaviors
B) food webs
C) weathering
D) physical adaptations
- 19. No two zebras have exactly the same pattern of stripes. This is an example of :
A) variation
B) adaptation
C) speciation
D) evolution
- 20. __________occurs when populations of the same species evolve to become so different genetically that they can no longer breed with one another to produce fertile offspring.
A) Weathering
B) Speciation
C) Mutation
D) Adaptation
- 21. ______________Occurs when populations become divided by physical barriers that keep populations from mating
A) environmental change
B) overproduction
C) geographical isolation
D) extinction
- 22. _______________ structures are body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and position but different in function.
A) Analogous
B) Homologous
C) Vestigial
- 23. Fossils from organisms that died longer ago are buried ___________ in the sediment/rock than fossils from organisms that died more recently.
A) next to
B) on top of
C) above
D) deeper
A) none of these
B) populations
C) individuals
D) dinosaurs
- 25. All of the following are layers of the atmosphere except:
A) stratosphere
B) exosphere
C) lithosphere
D) thermosphere
- 26. The process by which heat is trapped near earth's surface is called:
A) warming effect
B) greenhouse effect
C) butterfly effect
D) tropical effect
- 27. The layer of the atmosphere in which we live is called the :
A) exosphere
B) thermosphere
C) troposphere
D) mesosphere
- 28. The layer of the atmosphere where satellites orbit the earth is called the
A) troposphere
B) exosphere
C) mesoshpere
D) stratosphere
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