Life Changes Over Time - Evolution and Natural Selection

What is evolution?

• The change of species over time.

• People fighting for what they believe to be right.

• A sudden change in a gene.

• An action that helps in the survival of an organism.

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A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves is called a:

• mutation

• bacteria colony

• species

• tradition

Mammoths are examples of an _____________ species.

• Manny and Diego

• Furry

• Huge

• Extinct

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A mutation is a __________ change in the gene.

• sudden

• slow

• early

• dark

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__________ came up with the theory of natural selection.

• Mrs. Teran

• Jean Baptiste de Lamarck

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Charles Darwin

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Which of the following is NOT an idea of natural selection?

• Overproduction

• Underproduction

• Struggle for Existence

• Survival of the Fittest

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Survival of offspring that have favorable traits is called:

• variation

• lucky

• evolution

• natural selection

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What is pollution?

• Changes in the living spaces of other organisms

• The disappearance of all members of a species

• Composting for your plants

• The release of harmful materials into the environment

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Which of the following organisms is least likely to be found as a fossil?

• Cat

• Finch

• Jellyfish

• Dinosaur

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Vestigial structures are:

• Body structures that seem to have lots of functions

• Body structures that only have one function

• Body structures that seem to have no function

• Architectural structures from Ancient Greece

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