Natural Selection Evolution Review

What is evolution?

• The process of becoming extinct

• The process of changing the genetic make-up of a population over generations

• The process of remaining the same over time

• The process of creating fossils

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What is the theory that explains how organisms best adapted to their environment survive and reproduce?

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Generation Theory

• Population Dynamics

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What is an ancestor?

• A future generation

• A hypothetical form from which an organism has developed or descended

• A type of fossil

• A species that is currently living

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What are homologous structures?

• Structures that are identical in all species

• Structures similar in position, structure, and evolutionary origin but not necessarily in function

• Structures that lead to extinction

• Structures that are completely different in all species

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Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called natural selection.

• Survival of the Fittest

• Extinction

• Derived trait

• Artificial Selection

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What is a group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can mate with each other to produce offspring called?

• Species

• Population

• Generation

• Trait

What is a characteristic or property of an organism known as?

• Trait

• Species

• Population

• Variation

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What does it mean to adapt?

• To remain unchanged in all conditions

• To change or modify in response to new environmental conditions

• To become extinct

• To evolve into a new species

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What is the range of differences in features within a group of organisms called?

• Variation

• Trait

• Generation

• Population

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The man who proposed the theory of natural selection and evolution.

• Thomas Moore

• Gregor Mendel

• Neil Degrasse Tyson

• Charles Darwin

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