Evolution

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

• Their feathers 
• Genotypes 
• Their beaks
• Their body sizes

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In natural selection, the selective agent is the

• humans
• mutations
• breeders
• environment

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what did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?

• different species on different islands
• all species on one of the islands
• identical species on all the islands
• the same species as North America

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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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This man wrote the book, Origin of Species. He traveled the world and from his collections and the work of other scientists of his time he formulated the theory of natural selection. His name is....

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

What process created the wide variety of dog breeds we see today?

• Overproduction

• Competition

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

Polar bears evolved from the brown bear. The appearance of the white coat was probably due to ______________________.

• Sexual Reproduction

• Random Fertilization

• Indepedent Assortment

• A Mutation

The definition of evolution is...

• Change in an individual over time

• Change in a population over time

• Natural selection of organisms TRYING to adapt

• Survival of only the healthiest, strongest, and fastest organisms

Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.

• Fossil
• Adaptation
• Ancestor
• Natural selection

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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