What is Evolution?

What is evolution?

• change over time

• a feature in Pokemon Go

• when the same characteristics appear throughout the years

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Biological evolution is...

• Any change in the heritable traits within a population across generations.
• A field of study where one studies weather.
• The study of rock strata.

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You are related to.

• A pumpkin.
• A turkey.
• Every person.
• All of the above.

When two badgers mate, they create a brand new...

• Cell with only the Father's DNA.
• Cell with only the mother's DNA.
• Cell with half of the mother's and the father's DNA.

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All dogs...

• Descended from gray wolves
• Have only branched out to a few breeds today and look just like their ancestors.
• Were not bred to have different features but to all be the same.

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All living things...

• Share a common ancestor.
• Have no common ancestor.
• Will one day be ancestors.

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Natural Selection.

• Guides evolution.
• Is when you pick something natural at the market.
• Was invented by Albert Einstein.

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Evolution is best defined as:

• the process which organisms die.

• the process which organisms change over time.

• the process which organisms that are extinct become revived.

• the process which non-living things fossilize.

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The solidified remain or imprint of a once living thing are called:

• Fossils

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

• DNA

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When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called what?

• Selective breeding

• Natural Selection

• Cloning

• Evolution of all species

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