Change Over Time

Which structure is homologous to the human arm?

• fish's gill
• bird's bill
• insect's wing
• bat's wing

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

• Nimitz
• Retriever
• Beagle

Bats have the ability of echolocation which helps them navigate and hunt.  This is an example of --

• mutation
• disease
• adaptation
• selection

What bird, studied by Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, was used as evidence to support his theory of natural selection?

• flamingos
• ostriches
• finches
• canaries

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Which example would NOT be considered a fossil?

• an imprint of a bird feather
• animal tracks in mud that hardened to rock
• an insect preserved in tree sap
• cave paintings

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When looking at two tree frogs, a student noticed that one of the frogs had longer toes than the other.  This is an example of --

• cloning
• a fossil
• replication
• a variation

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What most likely happened to species that are found in the fossil record but have no living members?

• They mutated into other species.
• They had offspring of a different species.
• They became extinct.
• They were never truly living.

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Charles Darwin noted that many of the animals on the Galapagos Islands were --

• similar but not always identical to animals on the mainland
• identical to animals on the mainland except they were always slightly smaller
• much larger and dirtier than other animals he had observed on the mainland
• starving to death because of lack of living space

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce?

• natural selection
• overproduction
• competition
• variation

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The gradual change in  a species over time is called

• mutation
• evolution
• migration
• variation

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