Life Over Time

Evolution refers to:

• the study of life

• process by which populations change over time

• process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms

• occurs when all members of a species die.

The person who developed a hypothesis, which eventually became a theory, of how evolution takes place..

• Alfred Wegener

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

The practice by which humans select plans or animals for breeding based on desired traits:

• artificial selection

• natural selection

• genetic variation

• adaptation

The process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do:

• artificial selection

• natural selection

• genetic variation

• adaptation

An inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment is:

• artificial selection

• natural selection

• genetic variation

• adaptation

Occurs when all members of a species has died.

• extinction

• mutation

• variation

• adaptation

The hollow bones of birds, which keeps birds lightweight for flying is an example of a(n)

• selection

• mutation

• variation

• adaptation

The remains or imprints of once-living organisms are called:

• records

• fossils

• sedimentary rock

• layers

The standard method used to divide Earth's long 4.6 billion-year natural history into manageable parts.

• fossil records

• fossils

• geologic time scale

• circle graph

Why did the Finches on the Galápagos Islands have different beaks sizes and shapes?

• They were different breeds

• The different diets that the Finches had developed

• Artificial Selection

• Fossil Record