Evolution and Adaptation Quiz

What is a fossil?

• A type of plant

• A living organism

• The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago

• A type of rock

What are transitional fossils?

• Fossils of plants

• Fossils of organisms that are intermediate in form between an ancestral species and its descendants

• Fossils of modern species

• Fossils of extinct species

What is biogeography?

• The study of human history

• The study of weather patterns

• The study of rocks and minerals

• The study of the distribution of plants and animals over different areas of the Earth

What are homologous structures?

• Body parts that are similar in structure but differ in function

• Body parts that have the same function but different construction

• Remnant structures that may have served an important function in ancestor species

• Structures that no longer serve a purpose

What is comparative embryology?

• The comparison of embryos from different species to find out how they are related

• The study of molecular biology

• The study of the distribution of plants and animals

• The study of the anatomy of organisms

What are vestigial structures?

• Structures that no longer serve a purpose

• Body parts that are similar in structure but differ in function

• Remnant structures that may have served an important function in ancestor species but no longer have a clear function in a later species

• Structures that have the same function but different construction

What is natural selection?

• The study of the distribution of plants and animals over different areas of the Earth

• The comparison of embryos from different species to find out how they are related

• The process of blending into surroundings

• The mechanism of evolution by observing the beak shapes and sizes of the Galápagos finches

What is adaptation?

• The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago

• The comparison of embryos from different species to find out how they are related

• The study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of organisms

• A trait that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment

What is fitness?

• Describes how well an organism can survive, find a mate, and reproduce in its environment

• The study of the distribution of plants and animals over different areas of the Earth

• The process of blending into surroundings

• The comparison of embryos from different species to find out how they are related

What is camouflage?

• A morphological adaptation that allows an organism to blend into its surroundings

• The process of blending into surroundings

• The study of the distribution of plants and animals over different areas of the Earth

• The comparison of embryos from different species to find out how they are related