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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These are natural differences within a species.

• Evolution
• Genetic variation
• Biological diversity
• Populations

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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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The death of every member of a species.

• Competition
• Population
• Extinction
• Evidence

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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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In natural selection, the selective agent is the

• humans
• mutations
• breeders
• environment

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What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

• natural selection
• inheritance
• artificial selection
• descent withOUT modification

What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?

• DNA studies
• embryology 
• extinction
• fossil record

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