Evolution and Ecology

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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When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called

• evolution
• extinction
• adaptation
• natural selection

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What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?

• DNA studies
• embryology 
• extinction
• fossil record

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What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures
• embryology
• homologous structures
• fossil record

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Predict which moth would increase in population

• light 
• dark

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Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection? 

• People selectively breeding hamsters.
• Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.
• Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
• Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.

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Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence
• exactly the same DNA sequences
• no proteins in common
• completely different DNA sequence

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What does every food chain start with? (Even if it's not drawn or written there!)

• producers
• sun
• consumer
• decomposers