Day 7 STAAR® Blitz Warm-Up: Evolution

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Organisms best suited for their environments survive and reproduce

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Natural selection

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Change in a population over time

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Evolution

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An inherited trait that helps an organism survive

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Adaptation

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Evidence includes the fossil record, homologies, and biogeography

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Common ancestry

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What best explains the decrease in size of the largemouth bass after a predator was introduced to the pond? Options: Genetic drift, Convergent evolution, Speciation, Natural selection

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Natural selection

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Which statement best explains the early development and then disappearance of hind limbs in dolphins? Options: Dolphin fetuses change their development to adapt to an aquatic environment., The genes that control the development of hind limbs are destroyed as the fetus develops., The early ancestors of dolphins had hind limbs., Dolphins are evolving to become terrestrial animals.

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The early ancestors of dolphins had hind limbs.

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Which conclusion about the relatedness of the lizards do these data support? Options: G. atlantica and G. stehini are the least closely related., G. simonyi and G. bravoana are the most closely related., G. galloti eisentrauti and G. galloti palmae are the most closely related., G. galloti eisentrauti and G. galloti galloti are the least closely related.

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G. simonyi and G. bravoana are the most closely related.