Unit 7 Evolution

Who was the Scientist most famous for his study of natural selection and evolution?

• Theodor Schwann

• Thomas Malthus

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Lyell

• Jean-Baptiste Lamrck

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What is the process in which populations CHANGE gradually over time?

• evolution

• species

• variation

• competition

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What do you call similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor?

• Natural Selection

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous Structure

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What do you call a characteristic that allows an organism to survive in an environment?

• variation

• adaptation

• selection

• overproduction

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA
• tRNA
• genotype
• phenotype

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development

• natural selection
• embryology
• speciation
• evolution

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Which of the following are examples of evidence for evolution?

• Fossils and Cellular Structure
• Biological Structures 
• Genetics/DNA
• All of the Above

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The death of every member of a species.

• Competition
• Population
• Extinction
• Evolution

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