8.L.4 Evolution Test Review

These three categories (Archaea, Eubacteria, Eukaryota) are what classification group?

How are sedimentary rocks used to classify fossils in its layers?

Organisms are separated by their most basic characteristics into the broadest groups called:

Which demonstrates genetic variation resulting in a protective adaptation?

What characteristic makes desert plants best adapted to a dry area?

Which characteristic is MOST closely related to the ability of cockroaches to survive poisons?

If the fossils of a species get taller over time, what does that data tell us?

evolutionary process where an organism becomes better suited to its habitat over time

Which type of bird beak helps break hard seed coverings?

Describe a bird's beak that would allow it to eat nectar from flowers

Which would BEST allow a species to survive environmental changes?

study of how characteristics of living things are transmitted from one generation to the next

Elephants are native to Africa and Asia. Which BEST explains why they are not in India?

Which BEST describes the changes in populations of brown and green grasshoppers in a grassland?

branch of biology that deals with formation, early growth and development of living organisms

Which BEST describes an inherited trait that gives an organism survival advantage inits habitat

process where animals adapt to their environment to survive (survival of the fittest)

something slightly different from others of the same species (type) example: green or blue eyes

What is an adaptation of polar bears that helps them live in Arctic environments?

How living things change over time (many generations, not one life time)

What is MOST LIKELY the result of genetic variation in organisms?

According to the theory of evolution by natural selection, which of these statements is true?

BEST reason why many species appearing in lower layers of rock disappear in higher layers?

body parts of different organisms that have similar structure and position on body (arms wings)

What is the BEST hypothesis for how a new type of plant can arrive on a newly formed island?

What is the BEST reason for mixing gene pools?

Which geological event is MOST LIKELY to cause greater diversity in animal populations?

What is it called when the feathers of a wild turkey allow it to blend into its habitat?

Which would indicate that a series of fossils represent the evolution of a dog?

organisms having similar body parts since they have similar lives (bird wings and bee wings)

In which location could an organism's remains be preserved so its fossil can be studied?

grouping of things by their common traits

Evolution is what type of change?

What BEST accounts (explains) for evolution of horses through natural selection?

All living things grouped in 3 large groups using things in common (bacteria, archaea, eukarya)