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Evolution: Diversity And Unity
Test Description: Fundamental concepts related to evolution
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Paleontologists study the _________, which includes the fossils of organisms that lived in the past, to learn about how organisms have changed over time.
A
pepper moths
B
the fossil record
C
dinosaurs
D
pepper moths
2) Measuring the body parts of different lizards to determine evolutionary relationships is an example of…
A
comparative anatomy
B
the fossil record
C
embryology
D
DNA comparisons
3) Scientists can better understand evolutionary relationships by comparing __________, which are unborn, developing organisms.
A
comparative anatomy
B
variation
C
pepper moths
D
embryos
4) In natural selection, __________ relates the fact that in nature, more organisms are born than are likely to survive.
A
overproduction
B
selection
C
variation
D
environmental factors
5) In natural selection, __________ describes differences that exist between members of the same species.
A
environmental factors
B
selection
C
overproduction
D
variation
6) In natural selection, __________ determine what resources members of the same species must compete for.
A
environmental factors
B
survival and reproduction
C
variation
D
overproduction
7) In natural selection, __________ are an organism’s ultimate goal, resulting in the continuation of that organism’s genes into future generation(s).
A
survival and reproduction
B
variation
C
overproduction
D
environmental factors
8) Humans have shaped the evolution of racehorses and dogs through selective breeding. These are examples of _________.
A
adaptations
B
comparative anatomy
C
natural selection
D
artificial selection
9) ___________ are changes resulting that enhance an organism’s the ability to survive or reproduce.
A
adaptations
B
comparative anatomy
C
artificial selection
D
natural selection
10) Biological _________ is how one organism changes over its lifetime .
A
variation
B
development
C
evolution
D
selection
11) ________ is how species gradually change over long periods of time.
A
overproduction
B
variation
C
development
D
evolution
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