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Change Over Time-grade 8 Ohio
Test Description: Ch 11--vocab terms
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring
A
fossil
B
species
C
adaptation
D
evolution
2) A trait that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce
A
variation
B
adaptation
C
natural selection
D
evolution
3) the process of change over time
A
evolution
B
natural selection
C
survival
D
adaptation
4) a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
A
hypothesis
B
scientific theory
C
species
D
idea
5) the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce more than other members of the same species
A
natural selection
B
adaptation
C
gradualism
D
variation
6) any difference between individuals of the same species
A
gradualism
B
natural selection
C
variation
D
evolution
7) small changes that add up to major changes over a long period of time
A
gradualism
B
punctuated equilibrium
C
natural selection
D
variation
8) a pattern in which species evolve during short periods of rapid change and then don't change much
A
punctuated equilibrium
B
exinction
C
gradualism
D
variation
9) Most organisms that lived in the past are now ___________.
A
naturally selected
B
extinct
C
gradually adapted
D
varied
10) When environmental conditions change and species lack adaptive traits for survival /reproduction, what is likely to happen?
A
punctuated equilibrium
B
homologous structures
C
gradualism
D
extinction of that species
11) Darwin decided that the differences in the finches's beaks were due to
A
adaptations of the finches to different environments
B
the fossilized remains of the ancestors
C
mating rituals of the male crested-bill finch
D
the seasonal climate patterns
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