Evolution Vocabulary Quiz
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- Q1The gradual change in a species over timeEvolution30sEditDelete
- Q2Preserved remains or traces of ancient organismsFossil30sEditDelete
- Q3The top rock layer and its fossils is the youngest and the bottom is the oldest.Law of Superposition30sEditDelete
- Q4A technique used to determine which of two fossils is olderRelative Dating30sEditDelete
- Q5any method of measuring the age of an event or object in yearsAbsolute Dating30sEditDelete
- Q6Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry.Homologous Structures30sEditDelete
- Q7Body parts that share a common function, but not structureAnalogous Structures30sEditDelete
- Q8A structure that is present in an organism but no longer serves its original purposeVestigial Structures30sEditDelete
- Q9the study of embryos and their development.Embryology30sEditDelete
- Q10fossils that connect ancestral species with their descendants through a series of tiny stepsTransitional Forms30sEditDelete
- Q11species acquire traits during their lifetime and pass them on to their offspringTheory of Acquired Traits30sEditDelete
- Q12Traits that are gained during your lifetimeAcquired Traits30sEditDelete
- Q13A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.Natural Selection30sEditDelete
- Q14how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environmentFitness30sEditDelete
- Q15The natural or genetic ability of an organism to avoid or repel attack by biotic agentsBiological Resistance30sEditDelete
- Q16When the mean (average) is selected for.Stabilizing Selection30sEditDelete
- Q17occurs when natural selection favors one of the extreme variations of a traitDirectional Selection30sEditDelete
- Q18favors individuals at both extremes of the phenotypic rangeDisruptive Selection30sEditDelete