Evolution (Living Environment)

What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive in its environment?

• adaptation
• variation
• homologous structure
• vestigial structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• vestigial structures
• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Vertebrate embryos pass through similar stages of development is evidence for

• use and disuse
• homologous structures
• common ancestry
• acquired characteristics

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce

• better traits
• stronger genes
• more offspring
• fewer mutations

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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The remnant of an organ that had a function in an early ancestor is known as a(n)

• vestigial structure
• analogous structure
• homologous structure
• fossil structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Genetic drift is change in the allele frequency of a population due to...

• random chance
• natural selection
• non-random mating (sexual selection)
• artificial selection

All of the genetic information found in a population.

• population

• genetic drift

• evolution

• gene pool

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A change in a gene, group of genes or chromosome that results in a change in the proteins

• Replication

• Mutations

• Translation

• Transcription

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Genetic drift is driven by chance, not Natural Selection.

• true

• false

If a new trait DOES help an organism survive, what may happen to it?

• It dies and its DNA is not passed on

• It survives and its DNA is passed on

• It changes its traits to adapt and survive

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