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Evolutionary History Vocabulary
Test Description: Based on Amplify Curriculum vocabulary
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
A
evolution
B
adaptive trait
C
mutation
D
body structure
2) a related organism from a previous generation
A
fossil
B
species
C
descendant
D
ancestor
3) a part of an organism (for example, one or more bones)
A
body structure
B
non-adaptive trait
C
fossil
D
adaptive trait
4) an older population from which two or more newer species descended
A
extinct
B
speciation
C
descendant species
D
common ancestor population
5) a more recent species that evolved from an ancestor population
A
generation
B
descendant species
C
common ancestor population
D
evolution
6) everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
A
species
B
generation
C
population
D
environment
7) the process by which species adapt to environmental changes over a very long time
A
evolution
B
speciation
C
natural selection
D
descendant species
8) having died out completely and no longer alive anywhere on Earth
A
extinct
B
fossil
C
common ancestor population
D
generation
9) a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
A
organisms
B
population
C
related
D
generation
10) a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
A
mutation
B
adaptive trait
C
evolution
D
generation
11) the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
A
evolution
B
speciation
C
natural selection
D
adaptive trait
12) living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
A
speciesa scientist who studies fossils in order to understand the ancient history of life on Earth
B
fossils
C
organisms
D
populations
13) a scientist who studies fossils in order to understand the ancient history of life on Earth
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archaeologist
B
meteorologist
C
paleontologist
D
anthropologist
14) a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
A
population
B
generation
C
species
D
related
15) sharing a common ancestor population
A
shared structure
B
related
C
ancestor population
D
evolution
16) a body structure in two or more species that features the same parts (for example, the same bones)
A
fossil
B
shared structure
C
adaptive trait
D
limb
17) the process by which one population evolves into two or more different species
A
natural selection
B
species
C
speciation
D
common ancestor population
18) a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
A
species
B
generation
C
population
D
environment
19) evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
A
extinct
B
fossil
C
body structure
D
common ancestor population
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