Evolution

Who was the first naturalist to study evolution?

• Charles Darwin
• Gregor Mendal
• Carolus Linneaus
• Thomas Edison

This is a process by which organisms inherited advantageous traits that tend to reproduce more successfully than the other organisms do. 

• Artificial selection
• Natural selection
• Populations
• Environment

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This is a process in which organisms gradually change over time.

• Environment
• Competition
• Evolution
• Fossils

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The surroundings and conditions in which an organism lives and operates.

• Evolution
• Population
• Environment
• Biological diversity

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These are natural differences within a species.

• Evolution
• Genetic variation
• Biological diversity
• Populations

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This is the variation of living organisms.

• Biological diversity
• Evolution
• Environment
• Natural selection

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This is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

• Evolution
• Population
• Environment
• Adaptation

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This is the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

• Competiton
• Extinction
• Evidence
• Fossil

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Which of the following is a fossil?

• a plant that has recently died
• a group of organisms that can reproduce
• a structure or organ that no longer functions
• a trace of an organisms that existed in the past

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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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