Question 1

Which of the following is an example of natural selection?

Accepted Answer

Survival of the fittest

Answer

Punctuated equilibrium

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Inheritance of acquired traits

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Lamarck's theory

Question 2

What is the process by which a species gradually changes over time?

Accepted Answer

Evolution

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Reproduction

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Mutation

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Extinction

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?

Accepted Answer

Appendix

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Lungs

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Stomach

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Heart

Question 4

What is the process by which different species evolve similar traits in response to similar environmental conditions?

Accepted Answer

Convergent evolution

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Speciation

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Adaptive radiation

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Genetic drift

Question 5

Which scientist is famous for proposing the theory of natural selection?

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

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Albert Einstein

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Isaac Newton

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Marie Curie

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of a homologous structure?

Accepted Answer

Human arm and bat wing

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Insect antenna

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Fish gills

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Snake tongue

Question 7

What term describes the process by which an organism's traits are passed down to its offspring?

Accepted Answer

Heredity

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Migration

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Mutation

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Adaptation

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a fossil?

Accepted Answer

Dinosaur bones

Answer

Butterfly wings

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Bird feathers

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Fish scales

Question 9

What is the term for the process by which species evolve and diversify in order to fill different ecological niches?

Accepted Answer

Adaptive radiation

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Gene flow

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Genetic mutation

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Genetic recombination

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