Evolution Review

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• Evolution
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Charles Darwin came up with this theory 

• Natural Selection
• Mutation

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What is one point of Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection. 

• Over production and Variation
• Successful Reproduction
• Struggle to live
• all of the above.

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Where did Darwin go to study about finches?

• Islands of Africa
• Coast of South America
• Galapagos Islands

In Darwin's theory of evolution, he uses his idea of _________________ to explain evolution.

• decent by modification
• species dying out
• when species use new traits

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Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures.  These are known as

• vestigial structures
• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• fossil structures

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What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

• natural selection
• inheritance
• artificial selection
• descent without modification

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What is survival of the fittest?

• It is where the fittest die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes

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Which of the following statements best describes how adaptations benefit an organism?

• It guarantees that the organism will survive
• It increases an organism's chances of survival
• It guarantees that an organism will have a stout beak
• It increases an organism's chance of becoming extinct 

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What is a species?

• A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. 
• A group of organisms that genetically are very different from each other. 
• A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring even if those offspring are infertile.
• Indivual organisms that live in the same environment. 

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