Crockett: Test: Change over Time/Evolution (VA SOL LS.11)

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What is the term that refers to when all the members of a species have died?

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extinction

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True or False: Organisms that are well adapted to their environments are MORE likely to go extinct.

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False

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Which species is most likely to go extinct if flowers with nectar become rare? Options: snake, jaguar, hummingbird, eagle.

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hummingbird

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What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were different from the finches on the mainland?

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there were different foods on the islands

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What is the term that describes organisms changing over time?

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evolution

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What is the process called where evolution happens over time as organisms best adapted to their environment survive to pass on their DNA?

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natural selection

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The image shows many different versions of giraffe color patterns. What is this an example of?

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variation

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True or False: Mutations can be helpful because they create new variations in a species.

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true

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What is the term for when an organism produces more young than will survive?

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overproduction

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When there are more organisms in a population, what happens to competition between the organisms?

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it increases