Evolution

When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called what?

• Selective breeding

• Natural Selection

• Cloning

• Evolution of all species

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Which scientist visited the Galapagos Islands and came up with the theory of natural selection?

• Theodor Schwann

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Rudolf Virchow

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Gigantopithecus were very large primates that lived 500,000 years ago. Since none of these mammals are still today, they are said to be....

• Extinct

• Threatened

• Endangered

• Declining

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To adjust to a changing environment

• Mutation
• Adapt

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What type of structures are shown?

• Homologous

• Analogous

• Vestigial

• Heterologous

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Which of the following is not considered a VESTIGIAL structures in humans.

• coccyx

• appendix

• wisdom teeth

• kidneys

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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

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Remains of ancient organisms are called

• Extinctions
• Fossils
• Mutations
• Variations

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A biological ____________ is a group of interbreeding populations that is reproductively isolated from other groups.

• species
• family
• phylogeny
• hybrid

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__________ enable an organism to survive in its environment.

• adaptations
• natural selections
• divergence
• extinctions

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