Descent with Modification

This evolutionary tree is based on 

• The size of the organisms
• The number of offspring
• DNA sequence data
• The type of tail 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What process describes the finches various beaks?

• artifical selection
• gradualism
• sexual selection
• natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The concept that species inherit characteristics that enhance their survival and reproduction is known as what?

• natural selection 
• artificial selection 
• adaptation 
• fitness

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Lamarck's first principle was use/disuse and  his second was?

• catastrophism
• gradualism
• uniformitarianism
• inheritance of acquired traits

Carolus Linnaeus adopted a naming or classification sytem that is still in use today.  It is known as what?

• binomial nomenclature
• scala naturae
• binomial scalae
• scala nomenclature

Uniformitarianism, which stated that mechanisms of change are constant over time was the principle of? 

• Cuvier
• Lamarack
• Lyell
• Malthus

The type of evidence for evolution that comes from the geogrpahic distribution species is called?

• Pangea
• convergent evolution
• embryology
• biogeography

The independent evolution of similar features in differnet lineages is known as 

• convergent evolution
• artificial evolution
• natural selection
• microevolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

These structures are homologous because of common ancestry, yet differ due to 

• various ancestors
• various envrionments
• various disuses
• various structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Selecting and breeding individuals that possess desired traits to modify species over many generations.

• inbreeding
• natural selection
• artificial selection
• adaptation