Evolution

Which of the following is not true about Charles Darwin?

• traveled as a naturalist for 10 years

• was from England

• is credited with the theory of Evolution

• worried 20 years before publishing his ideas

What do we call a process an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment?

• evolution

• adaptation

• natural selection

• survival of the fittest

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This is a process in which organisms gradually change over time.

• Environment
• Competition
• Evolution
• Fossils

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The death of every member of a species.

• Competition
• Population
• Extinction
• Evidence

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This is the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

• Competiton
• Extinction
• Evidence
• Fossil

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth
• Light moth
• Both will be equally successful
• Neither will be successful

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Change over time

• Natural Selection
• Selective Breeding
• Homeostasis
• Evolution

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Which best describes mutations?

• Always helpful
• Always harmful
• Can be helpful or harmful
• Always neutral

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Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• adaptive radiation
• fossil

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