Evolution- TEST REVIEW- MOORE

Evolution is a change in

• a living thing as it grows older

• a species over time

• characteristics of living things

• the history of the Earth

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Charles Darwin

• was the naturalist on the HMS Beagel

• wrote on The Origin of Species

• studied animals in the Galapagos Islands

• all of the above

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Which of the following is an example of the principle of overproduction?

• a squirrel stores more nuts than it can eat

• a flounder lays over 1,000 eggs at the time

• tadpoles complete for a pond's resources

• none of the above

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Homologous body parts are similar in

• function

• structure

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The survival and reproduction of organisms best adapted to their surroundings is called

• evolution

• reproductive advantage

• adaptation

• natural selection

All of the fossil evidence scientists have collected form what is known as the fossil __________

• record

• variation

• adaptation

• superposition

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The statement that says sedimentary rocks top layers tend to be younger than the layers below them is called the

• theory relativity

• law of super position

• principle of uniformitarianism

• law of thermodynamics

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What is the name of the ERA in which life began?

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Pre-Cambrian

• Cenozoic

What is the name of the era of the dinosaurs?

• Pre-Cambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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A ___________ is the remains or evidence of a living thing.

• fossil

• cast

• homologous structure

• geologic time period

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