Natural Selection
What happens when a population produces more offspring than the environment can support?
Overproduction
Which type of natural selection favors the average individuals and reduces extremes in a population?
Stabilizing selection
What type of mimicry occurs when a harmless species mimics a harmful one to avoid predators?
Batesian mimicry
What type of evidence for evolution comes from remains of ancient organisms preserved in rock?
Fossil evidence
What is the name of the ancient species considered the link between dinosaurs and modern birds?
A) Pterodactyl
B) Tyrannosaurus Rex
C) Archaeopteryx
D) Velociraptor
C) Archaeopteryx
What term refers to differences between individuals in a population that can be inherited?
Variation
What type of natural selection occurs when an environmental change makes one extreme phenotype more favorable?
Directional selection
Which type of mimicry involves two harmful species mimicking each other for mutual benefit?
Mullerian mimicry
What do we call structures in different species that have similar bone structures due to a common ancestor, like the human hand and bat wing?
homologous structures
Which real-world example of rapid evolution occurs when bacteria evolve to survive drugs designed to kill them?
A) Genetic drift
B) Antibiotic resistance
C) Speciation
D) Natural selection
B) Antibiotic resistance
What happens when individuals in a population struggle for food, mates, and territory?
Competition
Which selection occurs when the environment favors both extreme phenotypes, leading to increased variation?
Disruptive selection
What term describes the bright, warning colors that animals like poison dart frogs use to signal to predators that they are toxic?
A) Camouflage
B) Aposematism
C) Mimicry
D) Cryptic coloration
B) Aposematism
What type of evidence for evolution is based on the distribution of species around the world?
A) Fossil evidence
B) Biogeography
C) Genetic evidence
D) Homologous structures
B) Biogeography
What adaptation helps deep-sea creatures produce light to attract prey or mates?
bioluminescence
Which term describes the idea that individuals with traits better suited to the environment are more likely to survive and reproduce?
Survival of the Fittest
What adaptation allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings to avoid predators?
Camoflauge
What process explains how mimicry evolves, where individuals with more successful adaptations are more likely to survive?
Natural selection
What type of evidence shows that species share common genes and mutations, supporting the idea of common ancestry?
Genetic evidence
Which animal has a long neck made of seven vertebrae, the same number as in a human neck, but much longer?
Giraffe
Who is the scientist that developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Charles Darwin
What term describes how humans breed animals or plants to produce specific traits, like the variety in dog breeds?
Artificial Selection
Which animal in Egypt uses its sandy-colored fur to blend into the desert, protecting it from predators?
desert fox
What is the famous Egyptian site where fossils of ancient whales that once lived in the desert have been found?
A) Giza Plateau
B) Wadi Al-Hitan
C) Siwa Oasis
D) Abu Simbel
B) Wadi Al-Hitan
Which insect, revered in Ancient Egypt, rolls balls of dung and was believed to symbolize the cycle of life?
A) Scarab (Dung Beetle)
B) Honeybee
C) Firefly
D) Ant
A) Scarab (Dung Beetle)