Evolution

A biological ____________ is a group of interbreeding populations that is reproductively isolated from other groups.

• species
• family
• phylogeny
• hybrid

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

______ _________ explains how two or more organisms could evolve similar traits even though they are not related to each other.

• convergent evolution
• reproductive isolation
• derived characters
• hybrid vigor

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

A __________ is a branching diagram that shows evolutionary relationships.

• cladogram
• table
• derived character
• relationship tree

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

The system of binomial nomenclature was developed by ___________

• Linneaus
• Mayr
• Darwin
• Mr. King

The scientific name for humans is _______ ____

• Homo sapiens
• Homo neandertal
• homo Sapiens
• homo sapiens

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

__________ characters are similar characteristics that have evolved separately in two unrelated organisms.

• analogous
• homologous
• cladistic
• phylogenic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

_________ characters may or may not be similar between two organisms but they developed from a common ancestor.

• homologous
• analogous
• cladistic
• phylogenic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

______________ is the process by which populations change in response to their environment.

• natural selection
• adaptation
• reproductive isolation
• divergence

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

__________ enable an organism to survive in its environment.

• adaptations
• natural selections
• divergence
• extinctions

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

________ structures are reduced in size or function.

• vestigial
• homologous
• cladistic
• phylogenic