Evolution and Classification part 2

Who started the theory of evolution?

• Allen Wallace
• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein

In Darwin's theory of evolution, he uses his idea of _________________ to explain evolution.

• decent by modification
• species dying out
• when species use new traits

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Darwin's theory of evolution is supported by his idea on...

• natural selection and adaptation
• natural living animals like fossils
• chickens have the same amount of genes

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A structure that is inherited from ancestors but has long lost much or all of its original use.

• vestigial structure
• miniscule structure
• analogous structure

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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

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a bird that can easily outcompete other birds for food and that can produce many eggs has a high

• sexuality
• mutation rate
• fitness
• adaptability

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which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?

• the wings of a red-tailed hawk
• the hind limbs of a house cat
• the fins of sharks
• the wings of an ostrich

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Genetic variation can arise from a random change in the DNA of a gene.  The change is called a(n)

• mutation
• gene flow
• gene pool
• allele

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How would you describe these two features?

• Homologous structure
• Analogous structure
• Structural adaption
• Functional adaption

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Structures that have the same evolutionary origin even though they may now have different structures or functions are said to be

• endemic
• homologous
• analogous
• genetic