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Evolution - Period 2 Test Review #1
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1) What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environment?
A
variation
B
vestigial structure
C
homologous structure
D
adaptation
2) All the individuals of a species that live in a particular area are called a
A
variation
B
fossil
C
population
D
group
3) The remnant of an organ that had a function in an early ancestor is known as a(n)
A
vestigial structure
B
fossil
C
analogous structure
D
homologous structure
4) What observations did Charles Darwin make about finches in the Galápagos Islands?
A
Identical species of finches lived in South America.
B
The same species of finches lived on all the islands.
C
Various species of finches lived on just one of the islands.
D
Different species of finches lived on different islands.
5) Which theory states that floods and earthquakes have occurred often in Earth’s history?
A
catastrophism
B
uniformitarianism
C
natural selection
D
artificial selection
6) What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?
A
descent without modification
B
artificial selection
C
inheritance of acquired characteristics
D
natural selection
7) Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce
A
better traits.
B
more offspring.
C
fewer mutations.
D
stronger genes.
8) Natural selection results in change overtime by acting on traits that are
A
mutated.
B
better.
C
heritable.
D
new.
9) What is the study of the distribution of organisms around the world?
A
geography
B
geology
C
paleontology
D
biogeography
10) Fossil evidence shows that structures considered vestigial in living organisms
A
do not fill gaps in the fossil record.
B
are not found in ancient organisms.
C
were useful to their ancestors.
D
have always been vestigial.
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