Evolution

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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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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Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?

• individual
• population
• species
• fossil

Which of the following is a fossil?

• a plant that has recently died

• a group of organisms that can reproduce

• a structure or organ that no longer functions

• preserved remains of once living organisms

The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)

• change
• adaption
• species
• variation

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

• variations of species on different islands

• all species on one of the islands

• identical species on all the islands

• the same species as North America

What is suggested by the similarity of early embryos of different species of vertebrates?

• no evolutionary relationships between the groups
• recent common ancestry
• similar environments in the past
• evolution from a distant common ancestor

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures.  These are known as

• vestigial structures
• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• fossil structures