Evolution 1

Who is the scientist who had the idea of evolution by natural selection?

• Pierce
• Darwin
• Kettlewell
• Aristotle

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A group of organisms that have helpful traits will survive long enough to _____.

• offspring
• peppered moth
• reproduce
• die

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If an organism can survive long enough to reproduce, it can pass on its good traits to its _____.

• offspring
• population
• natural selection
• species

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This picture is showing structures that came from a common ancestor. We call them ______ structures.

• homologous

• same

• vestigial

• species

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As evidence for evolution, scientists look at structures that an organism has, but doesn't use any more. These are _____ structures.

• vestigial

• useful

• homologous

• helpful

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Evolution shows how species develop from a ________ ancestor.

• common

• homologous

• harmful

• species

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What animal has opposable thumbs?

• chimpanzee

• hamster

• lizard

• salamander

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What process is most responsible for the extinction of most species of plants and animals that have lived on Earth?

• gene mutation
• environmental changes
• selective breeding
• decrease in reproduction

Which would indicate that a series of fossils represent the evolution of the horse?

• All of the fossils were found in the same layers of rocks as horse fossils.
• All of the fossils are completely identical to horse bones.
• All of the fossils show similar structures to that of the modern horse.
• All of the fossils were located in the same place on Earth as horses.

Scientists think that dolphins and whales may have evolved from a common ancestor.  What evidence supports this hypothesis?

• They swim the same way.
• They eat the same food.
• They live in the same area of the ocean.
• They have similar anatomies.