Evolution & Classification of Living Things Review

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What can be inferred from finding dinosaur fossils at the bottom of a cliff and mammal fossils in the middle layer?

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dinosaurs lived before the mammals

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Dolphins have the same arm structure as wolves, what type of evidence for evolution does this represent? Options: DNA, vestigial structures, homologous structures, embryology

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homologous structures

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Which animal is Darwin known for studying?

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finches

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Natural selection is

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survival of the fittest

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What makes an organism more suited to its environment?

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adaptation

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What is one reason that strawberries are surviving in the winter season?

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they have genetic variations allowing them to be resistant to cold

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The tree of life is a metaphor for what idea?

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we came from a common ancestor

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The binomial nomenclature (scientific name) for an organism is comprised of its _________________.

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genus and species

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Why is Peppa, the pig, considered heterotrophic?

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Consumes other organisms for nutrients

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Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related? Options: organisms that share a domain, organisms that share a family, organisms that share a genus, organisms that share a species

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organisms that share a domain