Evidence For Evolution Practice & Darwin vs. Lamarck

_______ believed that organisms develop traits needed for survival and that traits that were unused would become weaker and gradually disappear. 

• Darwin
• Lamarck
• Mendel
• Watson

____________ believed that those organisms that were best suited for their environment would survive and pass on their beneficial traits to their offspring. 

• Darwin
• Lamarck
• Watson
• Mendel

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

This piece of evidence contains traces of organisms that died a long time ago and shows changes over time. 

• Paleontology
• Embryology
• Cytology
• Microbiology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

True or False:
Two organisms with similar amino acid sequences must have a more resent common ancestor than two organisms with dissimilar amino acid sequences. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Looking at the similarities in development between different organisms would be an example of which piece of evidence?

• Palentology
• Embryology
• Cytology
• Structure Analysis

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

When analyzing fossils, where would the oldest fossils be found?

• Closest to the surface
• The lowest level 
• In the middle

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

_________ is the fact that organisms change over time and are related through common ancestors. 

• Theory of Natural Selection
• Theory of Need
• Theory of Use and Disuse
• Theory of Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Choose which scientist corresponds best with the statement: 
survival of the fittest

• Darwin 
• Lamarck

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Choose which scientist corresponds best with the statement: 
use or disuse

• Darwin 
• Lamarck

Choose which scientist corresponds best with the statement: 
variations within populations

• Darwin 
• Lamarck

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4