Evolution Review

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

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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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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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 ________________

• Species
• Environmental Change
• Adaptation
• Variation

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations is called a(an):

• hypothesis
• experiment
• cause and effect
• scientific theory

A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring is called a species.  

• True  
• False

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What is this an example of?

• diversity of species
• variation
• vestigial structures
• DNA studies

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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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When the DNA of an organism is altered it is referred to as…

• Mutation
• Gene Flow
• Genetic Drift
• Sexual Selection

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