Evolution Test Review

Charles Darwin came up with this theory 

• Natural Selection
• Mutation

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Another word for adapt is ____________.

• change
• create

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

• Their feathers 
• Genotypes 
• Their beaks
• Their body sizes

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 
• Variation 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection 

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When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

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Who is the father of evolution?

• Darwin
• Mendel
• Newton
• Einstein

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What is another name for natural selection?

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

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

• homologous
• vestigial
• variation
• adaptation

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

• species
• organism
• embryology
• vestigial 

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Which layer is the oldest?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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