Evolution

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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Certain insects resemble the bark of the trees on which they live. Which statement provides a possible biological explanation for this resemblance?

• The insects needed camouflage so they developed protective coloration.

• Natural selection played a role in the development of this protective coloration.

• The lack of mutations resulted in the protective coloration.

• The trees caused mutations in the insects that resulted in protective coloration.

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

• species
• organism
• embryology
• vestigial 

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What is this an example of?

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

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Which statement is not part of the concept of natural selection?

• Individuals that possess the most favorable variations will have the best chance of reproducing.

• Variation occurs among individuals in a population

• More individuals are produced than will survive.

• Genes of an individual adapt to a changing environment.

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Which concept is best illustrated in the flowchart below?

• Natural selection

• genetic mutation

• extinction

• genetics

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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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