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Chapter 15.1
Test Description: Vocabulary
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1) What is artificial selection?
A
Selective breeding of organisms selected for certain traits to produce offspring with those traits
B
method used to determine age of rocks
C
theory of evolution based on four ideas; excess reproduction, variations, inheritance, and advantages
D
scientific study of all relationships between organisms and environment
2) What is natural selection?
A
scientist who studies fossils
B
any preserved evidence of an organism
C
theory of evolution based on four ideas; excess reproduction, variations, inheritance, and advantages
D
Selective breeding of organisms selected for certain traits to produce offspring with those traits
3) What is reproduction?
A
production of offspring
B
scientist who studies life
C
guides protein synthesis
D
organisms reaction to a stimulus
4) Which is an example of variation?
A
some sunflowers are taller than others
B
all sunflowers are tall
C
all sunflowers are short
5) Which describes variation?
A
When individuals in a population differ from another
B
variations are inherited from parents
C
the amount a population reproduces
6) What is overproduction?
A
individuals in a population differ from one another
B
populations produce more offspring than can survive
C
variations are inherited from parents
7) What could be viewed as a reproductive advantage?
A
taller sunflowers produce less seeds
B
taller sunflowers are pollinated less
C
shorter sunflowers reproduce more successfully
8) What is reproductive advantage?
A
populations produce more offspring than can survive
B
variations are inherited from parents
C
variations that allow the organism to have more offspring than the organism that does not possess them
9) Which example supports the fact that variations are inherited?
A
You look similar to your parents.
B
You are a clone of your parents.
C
Everyone in class looks exactly the same
10) What is evolution?
A
hereditary changes in groups of living organisms over time
B
procedure performed in a controlled setting to test hypothesis
C
Selective breeding of organisms selected for certain traits to produce offspring with those traits
D
theory of evolution based on four ideas; excess reproduction, variations, inheritance, and advantages
11) The theory of evolution states that all organisms alive today evolved from earlier organisms called ancestors.
A
True
B
False
12) Cat breeds we have today were developed through
A
natural selection
B
selection
C
artificial selection
D
sexual selection
13) The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by
A
Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin
B
Erasmus Darwin and Lamarack
C
Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace
D
Charles Lyell and James Hutton
14) What was the purpose of the Beagle expedition?
A
to find gold in South America
B
to break record time for circumnavigating the globe
C
to map the harbors and coastlines of South America
D
to establish a colony on the Galapagos Islands
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