Review: Evolution, Fossils, and Comparative Anatomy

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

• homologous

• vestigial

• variation

• adaptation

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What is this an example of?

• vestigial

• variation

• homologous

• DNA studies

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What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• fossil record

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Predict which moth would increase in population in this environment.

• light

• dark

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When the DNA of an organism is altered it is referred to as…

• Mutation

• Gene Flow

• Genetic Drift

• Sexual Selection

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?

• Evolution

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

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Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?

• the wings of a red-tailed hawk

• the hind limbs of a house cat

• the fins of sharks

• the tailbone of a human

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Why are beneficial 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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What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• DNA studies

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Wisdom teeth, the appendix and goosebumps are examples of

• homologous structures

• mutations

• vestigial structures

• analogous structures