Evolution Recap

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

• different species on different islands
• all species on one of the islands
• identical species on all the islands
• the same species as North America

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Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environemtn?

• variation

• adaptation

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

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Charles Darwin came up with this theory 

• Natural Selection
• Mutation

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were different from the finches on the mainland?

• There were different types of predators on the island.

• There were different types of food available on the island.

• The finches had no water to drink.

• The finches on the mainland could not fly high enough.

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When looking at two birds of the same species, you notice that one has darker feathers than the other one. You also notice that one has a beak that is just a little longer. These slight differences within members of the same species are called.....

• Fossils

• Extinction

• Meiosis

• Variations

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A __________ is a branching diagram that shows evolutionary relationships.

• cladogram
• table
• derived character
• relationship tree

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True or false, evolution happens when an individual organism starts changing itself to adapt to its environment. For example, an adult polar bear might start swimming more so it can handle the melting of the polar ice caps.

• false, if it had a cub that could swim better due to longer legs or more buoyant bone structure, this could become a more common trait.

• True, evolution happens due to changing individuals

• maybe, if it chose to.

• I wish I had a pet penguin

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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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