What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

To look different from other species.

To protect itself against predators.

To protect itself against prey.

Which of the following are reasons that giraffes may have developed long necks?

to reach more abundant sources of food

because females may have found long necked males more attractive

They use their necks for fighting.

What is a vestigial organ?

a simplified organ that no longer has a purpose

an organ used like an organ in a different kind of animal

There are many different kinds of dogs now because

People bred the dogs with the qualities they liked the best.

They were the most successful over millions of years.

Dogs changed to make people happy.

It is the result of natural selection.

Why are useful traits more likely to be passed on to the offspring?

Because parents with those traits can surive and reproduce better

Because parents with those traits can teach their offspring

Because parents with those traits care more about their offspring

Because those organisms are luckier

a genetically determined characteristic that can be passed from parent to offspring

Darwin determined that the 13 species of finch found in the Galapagos Islands

probably all came from the same ancestral species

had all adapted to the same food source

were identical to species 600 miles away

were the result of careful breeding by humans

Peppered moths vary in color from light gray to black. In an area with a lot of smoky factories and soot covered trees, we expect

equal numbers of light and dark colored moths.

Scientists think that chimps are more closely related to humans than other primates. Why?

Humans and chimps share 98% of their DNA sequences.

Humans and chimps have binocular vision.

Humans and chimps are both placental mammals.

Both human and chimp embryos have gill slits.

How did whales change from land animals to creatures who live only in the ocean?

Many tiny changes in DNA over millions of years

Pakicetus decided he could swim better with a flat tail and shorter hind legs.

Pakicetus got eaten by a crocodile so a new animal had to form.

A land animal was crossed with a fish

Evolution and Natural Selection

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is evolution?

The change of alleles in a population over time

An animal turning into another animal to adapt to its environment

someone's idea that doesn't have much evidence to support it

the belief that people came from monkeys

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past…..

fossil

picture

dinosaur

organelle

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an organism is no longer in existence……..

lost

hibernation

extinct

found

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The man who proposed the theory of natural selection and evolution.

Thomas Moore

Gregor Mendel

Neil Degrasse Tyson

Charles Darwin

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A trait or characteristic that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce.

extinction

natural selection

adaptation

choice

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fossils, similar body shape, and similar DNA are all evidence that evolution has taken place on our planet. What is the fourth piece of evidence?

Similarities in hair color

Similar interests

Similarities in early development

Similar hunting patterns

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What is a human cause of extinction?

Global warming

Outerspace collision

Climate heating and cooling (ice age)

Sea Level changes

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Evolution and Natural Selection

30 questions

What is evolution?

Preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past…..

When an organism is no longer in existence……..

The man who proposed the theory of natural selection and evolution.

A trait or characteristic that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce.

Fossils, similar body shape, and similar DNA are all evidence that evolution has taken place on our planet. What is the fourth piece of evidence?

What is a human cause of extinction?

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

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