Evolution and Fossilization Quiz

What is the process of determining the exact age of a fossil or rock in years? (Choose 2)

• Radiometric Dating

• Absolute dating

• Straightigrahy

• Relative dating

What is the term for the process by which unrelated species become more similar as they adapt to the same kind of environment?

• Divergent Evolution

• Convergent Evolution

• Homologous Evolution

• Analogous Evolution

What is the term for the process by which related species become more different as they adapt to different environments?

• Convergent Evolution

• Divergent Evolution

• Homologous Evolution

• Analogous Evolution

What is the movement of genes from one population to another?

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Flow

• Gene Fluidness

• Population flow

Put the steps in order to explain the steps involved in the process of fossilization.

• Erosion

• Death and Decay

• Deposition

• Perimineralisation

What are vestigial structures - you may choose more than 1

• various organs in a body which no longer serve a function.

• Appendix

• Coccyx

• 4 chambered heart

What are structures that have similar functions in different organisms but are not derived from a common ancestor?

• homologous structures

• analagous structures

• homozygous structures

• vestigial structures

What are structures that have similar origins in different organisms and may or may not have the same function?

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• vestigial structures

• homozygous structures

what is the study of the distribution of life on earth?

• Biogeography

• Geography

• Paleontology

What is the term for the random change in allele frequencies in a population?

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Flow

• Natural Selection

• Mutation