Evolution Practice Quiz

Which of the following scenarios is an example of natural selection?

• A dog learning tricks.

• Some lizards being eaten in the desert, and others blending in.

• Ducks imprinting on their mother, mimicking her behavior.

Evolution occurs at the ________ level.

• Individual

• Population

• Biome

• Community

Adaptations help an organism to ___________.

• grow

• eat

• kill

• reproduce

The father of evolution is _________.

• Mendel

• Darwin

• Pasteur

• Hooke

The wings of a bat allow them to fly. This is an example of __________.

• Competition

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

• Adaptation

A change in structure, behavior, or physiology that enhances survival and reproductive success in a particular environment is called _________________.

• Competition

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

• Adaptation

Wolves fight over territory. This is an example of ___________.

• Competition

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

• Adaptation

Natural selection is

• A process where entire populations change over time

• A mechanism where the environment controls the frequency of certain traits appearing in a population

• A characteristic that helps an organism survive

• A change in an organism’s genetic make-up

Evolution is

• A process where entire populations change over time

• A mechanism where the environment controls the frequency of certain traits appearing in a population

• A characteristic that helps an organism survive

• A change in an organism’s genetic make-up

A mutation is

• A process where entire populations change over time

• A mechanism where the environment controls the frequency of certain traits appearing in a population

• A characteristic that helps an organism survive

• A change in an organism’s genetic make-up