Evolution & Genetics

Which statement supports the theory of natural selection

• All organisms produce more offspring than can survive.
• Organisms live in harmony with one another despite limited resources.
• Organisms with favorable traits are more likely to die.
• Over time advantageous traits will be found in more of the population.

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What evidence supports the theory that continents were once a large landmass?

• The continents share a similar climate.
• Similar fossils have been found on different continents.
• Minerals like gold and copper are found worldwide.
• Coconut trees are found on coastlines.

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What will most likely happen if a species can no longer produce offspring?

• It will become extinct.
• It will evolve into another species.
• It will move into a new environment and adapt.
• It will begin to mutate into another organism.

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A student made a table showing different types of finches and their food sources. What can be inferred from this information?

• Genetic mutation leads to the evolution of new species.
• Organisms evolve based on their habitats.
• Geographical isolation leads to the evolution of new species.
• Organisms evolve based on their feeding habits.

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Dark moths began to outnumber white moths in cities after the Industrial Revolution. What is the most likely reason for this change?

• Light-colored moths mutated into dark colored moths.
• Light-colored moths began to die due to overpopulation.
• Light-colored moths were less favored for survival in the new environment.
• Light-colored moths began to turn black because of factory pollution.

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The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

• species

• Darwin

• evolution

• taxonomy

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The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms

• taxonomy

• law of conservation of mass

• evolution

• genetics

Structures derived from a common ancestor or same evolutionary or developmental origin

• homologous structures
• homosapien
• analogous structures
• atoms

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Change in a gene or chromosome

• evolution
• variation
• mutation
• adaptation

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The change over time in populations of related species.

• biological evolution
• transition
• variation
• adaptation

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