Evolution and Classification

What is another name for natural selection?

• survival of the smartest
• survival of the fastest
• survival of the biggest
• survival of the fittest

What is a structure that is similar across species?

• vestigial
• homologous
• adaptaion
• variation

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

• homologous
• vestigial
• variation
• adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?

• species
• organism
• embryology
• vestigial 

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What is this an example of?

• embryology
• fossil record
• homologous structures
• vestigial structures

What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures
• embryology
• homologous structures
• fossil record

What is this an example of?

• natural selection
• macro evolution
• extinction
• embryo

Due to the Industrial Revolution, the Peppered Moth evolved in appearance.  Predict which moth would increase in population.

• light 
• dark

Which layer is the oldest?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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