SBI3U Evolution questions and
answers graded A+
Unable to change - correct answer ✔✔Immutable
Any ancient remains, impressions, or traces of an organism or traces of its activity that have
been preserved in rocks or other mineral deposits in Earth's crust - correct answer ✔✔Fossil
The scientific investigation of prehistoric life through the study of fossils - correct answer
✔✔Paleontology
The theory that the pattern of fossils could be accounted for by a series of global catastrophes
that wiped out most species on Earth - correct answer ✔✔Catastrophism
the evolution of populations within the same geographic area - correct answer ✔✔Sympatric
speculation
the relativity rapid evolution of a single species into many new species, filling a variety of
formerly empty ecological niches - correct answer ✔✔Adaptive radiation
the large scale evolution of a group into many different forms - correct answer ✔✔Divergent
evolution
the evolution of similar traits in distantly related species - correct answer ✔✔convergent
evolution
, The way in which nature favours the reproductive success of some individuals within a
population over others - correct answer ✔✔Natural Selection
A phrase that has been used to describe the process of natural selection - correct answer
✔✔Survival of the fittest
A characteristic or feature of a species that makes it well suited for survival or reproductive
success in the environment - correct answer ✔✔Adaption
An atom with an unstable nucleus that is capable of undergoing radioactive decay - correct
answer ✔✔Radioisotope
The time required for half the quantity of a radioactive substance to undergo decay; the half-life
is a constant for any given isotope. - correct answer ✔✔Half-Life
he modern theory of evolution that takes into account all branches of biology - correct answer
✔✔modern evolutionary synthesis
the complete set of all alleles contained within a population or species - correct answer
✔✔gene pool
a vestigial gene that no longer codes for a functioning protein - correct answer ✔✔pseudogene
the scientific theory that describes the large-scale movements and features of Earth's crust -
correct answer ✔✔plate tectonics
selection that favours an increase or decrease in the value of a trait from the current population
average - correct answer ✔✔Directional Selection
answers graded A+
Unable to change - correct answer ✔✔Immutable
Any ancient remains, impressions, or traces of an organism or traces of its activity that have
been preserved in rocks or other mineral deposits in Earth's crust - correct answer ✔✔Fossil
The scientific investigation of prehistoric life through the study of fossils - correct answer
✔✔Paleontology
The theory that the pattern of fossils could be accounted for by a series of global catastrophes
that wiped out most species on Earth - correct answer ✔✔Catastrophism
the evolution of populations within the same geographic area - correct answer ✔✔Sympatric
speculation
the relativity rapid evolution of a single species into many new species, filling a variety of
formerly empty ecological niches - correct answer ✔✔Adaptive radiation
the large scale evolution of a group into many different forms - correct answer ✔✔Divergent
evolution
the evolution of similar traits in distantly related species - correct answer ✔✔convergent
evolution
, The way in which nature favours the reproductive success of some individuals within a
population over others - correct answer ✔✔Natural Selection
A phrase that has been used to describe the process of natural selection - correct answer
✔✔Survival of the fittest
A characteristic or feature of a species that makes it well suited for survival or reproductive
success in the environment - correct answer ✔✔Adaption
An atom with an unstable nucleus that is capable of undergoing radioactive decay - correct
answer ✔✔Radioisotope
The time required for half the quantity of a radioactive substance to undergo decay; the half-life
is a constant for any given isotope. - correct answer ✔✔Half-Life
he modern theory of evolution that takes into account all branches of biology - correct answer
✔✔modern evolutionary synthesis
the complete set of all alleles contained within a population or species - correct answer
✔✔gene pool
a vestigial gene that no longer codes for a functioning protein - correct answer ✔✔pseudogene
the scientific theory that describes the large-scale movements and features of Earth's crust -
correct answer ✔✔plate tectonics
selection that favours an increase or decrease in the value of a trait from the current population
average - correct answer ✔✔Directional Selection
