Evolution

What is a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

• species

• adaptation

• isolation

• competition

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The process of selection by humans for breeding useful traits from the natural variation among different organisms.

• selective breeding (artificial selection)

• natural selection

• survival of the fittest

• isolation

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Something that blocks the way such as an obstacle like mountains, rivers, etc.

• barrier

• competition

• natural selection

• variation

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Who traveled to the Galapagos Islands and later wrote "The Origin of Species"

• Charles Darwin

• Charlie Chaplin

• Charles Dalton

• Chester Darwin

What is an ancestral species from which later species evolved?

• common ancestor

• fossil

• family

• adaptation

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What is the driving force in natural selection where organisms fight for food, water, and living space?

• variation

• overproduction

• competition

• adaptation

Genetic information that can be used as evidence of evolution between organisms.

• DNA

• fossil

• overproduction

• species

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A change in an organism over time. The process by which organisms have descended from ancient organisms.

• evolution

• adaptation

• mutation

• selective breeding

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The trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.

• barrier

• fossil

• species

• sand

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Evidence for evolution - all the fossils throughout the history of the Earth

• fossil record

• isolation

• DNA

• homologous structures

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