BHS- History of Life TEST- Remote

The process by which all organisms change slowly over time because of slight gene variations is called

• natural selection
• artificial selection
• evolution
• gene pool

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Who observed variations in the characteristics of plants and animals on different islands of the Galapagos?

• James Hutton
• Charles Lyell
• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
• Charles Darwin

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An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its specific environment is called (n)

• vestigial structure
• adaptation
• speciation
• analagous structure

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How well an organism survives and reproduces in its environment can be described as its

• fitness
• homologies
• common descent
• analogies

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Structures that have different mature forms but develop from the same embryonic tissue are called 

• analagous
• adaptations
• homologous
• fossils

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Which of the following are examples of common ancestor involving biochemical evidence?

• homologous structures
• fossils
• embryology
• universal genetic code in DNA

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Darwin's observation that finches of different species on the Galapagos have many similar physical traits supports the hypothesis that these finches

• have the ability to interbreed
• acquired traits through use and disuse
• all eat the same type of food
• descended from a common ancestor

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Which of the following phrases best describes the results of natural selection?

• natural variation found in all populations
• unrelated species living in different locations
• changes in the inherited characteristics of a population over time
• struggle for existence undergone by all iving things

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Whales are aquatic mammals that contain a pelvis bone.  Even though it does not aid in its movement, the function must have been used by a common ancestor of the whale.  Thus, the pelvis is referred to as a(n)

• vestigial structure
• analogous structure
• homologous structure

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Which process produced the two different types of beaks in the ground finch and the tree finch?

• artificial selection
• geographical distribution
• natural selection
• disuse of the beak

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