Evolution Quizziz!

Bones in a bird's wing and a human's arm a similar in structure. This is an example of

• Vestigial Organs

• Homologous Structures

• Fossil Evidence

• Embryology

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Jean Baptiste-Lamarck was a evolutionary biologist who was best known for his theory and principle of

• Natural Selection

• Survival of the Fittest

• Use and Disuse

• Gradualism

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The larger a population is, the more genetic drift will occur. True or False?

• True

• False

Which statement is NOT part of the concept of natural selection?

• Individuals that possess the most favorable variations will have the best chance of reproducing.

• Variation occurs among individuals in a population.

• More individuals are produced than will survive.

• Genes of an individual adapt to a changing environment.

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Which species is most likely to survive changing environmental conditions?

• A species that has few variations.

• A species that reproduces sexually.

• A species that competes with similar species.

• A species that has a limited life span.

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Woolly mammoths became extinct thousands of years ago, while other species of mammals that existed at that time still exist today. These other species of mammals most likely exist today because, unlike mammoths, they

• produced offspring that all had identical inheritable characteristics

• did not face a struggle for survival

• learned to migrate to new environments

• had certain inheritable traits that enabled them to survive

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Which factor contributed most to the extinction of many species?

• changes in the environment

• lethal mutations

• inability to evolve into simple organisms

• changes in migration patterns

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The evolutionary pathways of ten different species are represented in the diagram above.

Which two species are the most closely related?

• C and D

• E and I

• G and J

• A and F

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Which two processes result in variations that commonly influence the evolution of sexually reproducing species?

• mutation and genetic recombination

• mitosis and natural selection

• extinction and gene replacement

• environmental selection and selective breeding

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Sharks and whales both have streamlined bodies and tail flukes. Although sharks and whales have similar body features, they did not jointly inherit these traits from a common ancestor. This is an example of

• divergent evolution

• punctuated equilibrium

• natural selection

• convergent evolution