Evolution and Natural Selection (B)

Which statement is true about evolution?

• Individual organisms can evolve during a single lifespan.
• Darwin and Wallace both came up with the idea that species can transform into different species over time
• Humans evolved from chimpanzees
• Only the strongest survive

Which of these is an example of natural selection?

• The largest animal in a population will have more opportunities for reproduction.
• Several species of organisms work together so that they all succeed.
• One species takes all the resources in an environment leaving none for others.
• Organism that are best suited to an environment tend to survive and reproduce more often.

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Darwin studied which of these species on Galapagos?

• Pigeons and tortoises
• Tortoises and finches
• Finches and Pigeons
• Zebras and Mockingbirds

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Which of these was not a form of adaptation mentioned in the reading?

• Structural
• Behavioral
• Survival
• Functional

Which of these would best form a fossil?

• Muscle
• Bone
• Skin 
• Leaves

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Define homologous structures.

• Structures that appear the same, but have different ancestral origins.

• Structures that appear different, but have the same ancestral origins.

• Any two body parts from the same organism

• Parts that no longer appear to have a function

Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce __________ ___________.

• Fewer mutations

• Stronger genes

• More offspring

• Better traits

Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?

• individual
• population
• species
• fossil

During gestation (pregnancy), a developing male pig had a change in his genetic code. The result was that he was able to walk and do karate.

• Genetic Drift
• Non-random mating
• Mutation
• Natural Selection

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Scientist that said the reason there were new species in every rock layer was because the species were forced to migrate after the catastrophies.

• James Hutton

• Georges Cuvier

• Thomas Malthus

• Charles Lyell