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Evolution Vocabulary
Test Description: General Evolution Vocabulary
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1) The change in the characteristics of a population over several generations
A
selective pressure
B
speciation
C
evolution
D
mutation
2) A group of genetically similar organisms that can reproduce naturally with one another and create fertile offspring.
A
species
B
selective pressure
C
gene pool
D
evolution
3) The process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
A
natural selection
B
reproductive advantage
C
mutation
D
variation
4) Survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotypes that make them better adapted to the environment.
A
variation
B
heritable
C
speciation
D
survival of the fittest
5) Differences in a certain trait between individual organisms of a species.
A
heritable
B
variation
C
allele frequency
D
reproductive advantage
6) A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area.
A
gene pool
B
speciation
C
differential reproduction
D
population
7) The process in which new species is formed.
A
mutation
B
population
C
speciation
D
reproductive advantage
8) Any change in the specific order of nitrogen bases in DNA.
A
mutation
B
variation
C
speciation
D
heritable
9) A characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring.
A
evolution
B
speciation
C
variation
D
heritable
10) Individuals with a certain trait are more successful at reproducing than others.
A
reproductive advantage
B
mutation
C
relative dating
D
cladogram
11) A diagram that shows evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms.
A
radiometric dating
B
cladogram
C
relative dating
D
geen pool
12) The science of determining the relative order of past events and estimates of time based on the position within rock layers, without necessarily determining their absolute age.
A
relative dating
B
radioactive dating
C
pedigree
D
radiometric dating
13) Radioactive dating is a technique used to calculate an age in years for geologic materials (rocks and fossils) by measuring the presence of a short-life radioactive element.
A
cladogram
B
law of superposition
C
relative dating
D
radiometric dating
14) The relative frequency of an allele (variation of a gene) in a particular population.
A
reproductive advantage
B
gene pool
C
allele frequency
D
variation
15) The gene pool is the genetic diversity that exists within a population.
A
gene pool
B
reproductive advantage
C
variation
D
allele frequency
16) British naturalist who proposed the theory of biological evolution by natural selection.
A
Charles Darwin
B
Watson and Crick
C
Gregor Mendel
D
Robert Hooke
17) The external agents which affect an organism's ability to survive in a given environment.
A
struggle to survive
B
selective pressure
C
mutagen
D
differential reproduction
18) A group of genetically similar organisms that can reproduce naturally with one another and create fertile offspring.
A
reproductive advantage
B
species
C
differential reproduction
D
gene pool
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