Evolution

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This scientist came up with the idea of natural selection.

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Charles Darwin

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Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.

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Adaptation

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Survival of the fittest or when favorable adaptations reproduce faster is called what?

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Natural selection

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Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

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homologous structures

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Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure? Options: the wings of a red-tailed hawk, the hind limbs of a house cat, the fins of sharks, the tailbone of a human

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the tailbone of a human

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Why do embryologist study embryos?

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to see if they are related

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How did the environmental change during the Industrial Revolution affect peppered moths in Manchester, England?

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Natural selection favored moths with dark wings because predators could not see them on the soot-colored trees.

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Comparing human hemoglobin of chimpanzees, horses, kangaroos, and chickens, reveal that humans have the fewest amino acid differences with

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chimpanzees

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What environmental factor is acting as a selection force on the giraffe?

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Food is found on tree tops

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Two organisms that are closely related would have

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very similar DNA sequence