Evolution and Classification Review

The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?

• individual
• population
• species
• fossil

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Which of the following is a fossil?

• a plant that has recently died
• a group of organisms that can reproduce
• a structure or organ that no longer functions
• a trace of an organisms that existed in the past

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What is suggested by the anatomical similarity of different species of vertebrates?

• no evolutionary relationships between the groups

• recent common ancestry

• similar environments in the past

• evolution from a distant common ancestor

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What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environemtn?

• variation

• adaptation

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

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Genetic variation can arise from a random change in the DNA of a gene.  The change is called a(n)

• mutation
• gene flow
• gene pool
• allele

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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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A trait that an organism expresses during its lifetime will only cause its species to become better adapted if the trait—

• A.  Results from isolation of the organism from the rest of the population 
• A.  Is caused by the genetic code that is present in the gametes of the organism
• A.  Causes a change in the environment surrounding the organism
• A.  Decreases the number of genes in the body cells of the organism

A graph regarding the effect of agricultural bioengineering on insect pests is shown below How has natural selection affected species of insect pests?

• A.  Natural selection has not affected the number of species that are resistant to pesticides
• A.  Natural selection has rapidly increased the number of species that are resistant to pesticides
• A.  Natural selection has only affected the number of species that are resistant to pesticides

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