Evolution Review

Which is not an example of an adaptation?

• A bird's beak allows it to crack open hard nuts.
• A zebra's stripes allow it to confuse its predators.
• A frog's large hind legs allow it to jump from danger.
• A cat sleeps on the sofa to avoid the vacuum cleaner.

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What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution?

• Lamarck
• Einstein
• Washington
• Darwin

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Changes in a body to fit a location.

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.
• To be able to eat different types of food.
• To fly faster.
• To confuse scientists. 

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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 look cooler.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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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

What is it called when better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to their offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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A species lives in a particular environment.  What is TRUE about the environment that the species lives in and about how the species will look over thousands of years?

• The environment will stay the same, and the traits of the species will stay the same.
• There will be changes to the environment, but the traits of the species will stay the same.
• There will be changes to the environment that could lead to changes in the traits of the species.
• There will be changes to the environment, and the traits of the species will change, but the changes in the environment could never lead to changes in the traits of species.

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What was the name of the ship Darwin traveled the world on?

• HMS Beagle
• SS Beagle
• HMS Bugle
• SS Bugle

Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA
• tRNA
• genotype
• phenotype

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