Evolution

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

• James Hutton

• Gregory Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Lyell

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In addition to observing living organisms, Darwin studied the preserved remains of ancient organisms called ________.

• Fossils

• Adaptations

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Organs

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Differences among individuals of a species is known as what?

• Natural Selection

• Fitness

• Variation

• Adaptation

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Which would an animal breeder use to produce cows that give more milk?

• Overproduction

• Genetic Isolation

• Acquired characteristics

• Artificial Selection

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An inherited characteristic that increases an organisms ability to survive and reproduce in its specific environment is called what?

• Vestigial Organ

• Adaptation

• Speciation

• Radiation

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The concept that each living species has descended, with changes, from other species over time is known as what?

• Evolution

• Artificial selection

• Theory of acquired traits

• Natural Selection

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In order for natural selection to happen, 3 things need to be true. Which of these is not something that needs to happen in order for natural selection to occur?

• Variation in individuals

• Differential Reproduction

• Traits must be heritable

• Traits must be good

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

• Vestigial Organs

• Adaptations

• Homologous Structures

• Fossils

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Structures that have no current function but are still part of an organisms structure are called what?

• Vestigial Structures

• Adaptations

• Homologous Structures

• Fossils

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In science what is a theory?

• An idea that someone comes up with that has little evidence to support it

• An explanation of something that happens in the natural world; it has a large amount of evidence to support it

• Something that can never change and is considered concrete fact even if other evidence is found

• None of these are true