Evolution Unit Test Review

All the genes in a population including the alleles for each gene.

• Gene Pool

• Directional Selection

• Allele Frequency

• None of these choices.

This English economist influenced Darwin with his thoughts on human population growth.

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Lyell

• Thomas Malthus

• Linnaeus

Which of the following is not evidence for evolution?

• Molecular Homology

• Two different birds living in a tree.

• Anatomical Structures and Development

• Earth's History

The ability for an organism to survive AND reproduce in their environment is known as...

• Adaptability

• Evolution

• Fitness

• Resilience

What type of selection is this?

• Stabilizing selection

• Disruptive Selection

• Directional Selection

• More than one answer is correct

This refers to change over time. It can also describe how modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.

• Evo-Devo

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Natural variation

Which type of selection is this?

• Directional Selection

• Stabilizing Selection

• None of these choices are correct.

• Disruptive Selection

What type of selection describes a farmer only breeding cows that produce lots of milk.

• Natural Variation

• Artificial Selection

• Natural Selection

• Artificial variation

This individual made contributions to the field of Geology with his book Principles of Geology. He came up with uniformitarianism.

• Charles Lyell

• James Hutton

• Thomas Malthus

• Charles Darwin

Structures that are similar in different species that share a common ancestor. Example: bones of vertebrate limbs resembling one another.

• Analogous structures

• Vestigial structures

• None of these choices.

• Homologous structures