Chapter 7 Vocabulary Quiz

What is a characteristic that might help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment?

• Camouflage

• Adaptation

• Overproduction

• Speciation

Which term describes a trait that makes it very hard to see an animal in its natural habitat?

• Variation

• Evolution

• Camouflage

• Competition

What is the term for the development of a new species from an existing species due to evolution?

• Natural Selection

• Speciation

• Geographic Isolation

• Symbiosis

Which process refers to how species of organisms change over time?

• Variation

• Evolution

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

What is the relationship called where both species benefit?

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Competition

In which type of relationship does one species benefit while the other is not affected?

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Symbiosis

What is the term for differences between organisms of a species that are passed from parent to offspring?

• Variation

• Overproduction

• Natural Selection

• Speciation

Which term describes when part of a population of the same species becomes separated from the rest of the population?

• Symbiosis

• Geographic Isolation

• Parasitism

• Adaptation

What is the term for organisms best suited to their environment surviving and passing traits to their offspring?

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

• Speciation

• Competition

Which relationship involves one species benefiting at the expense of another?

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Symbiosis