Evolution

Change over time is

• evolution
• generation
• growth
• biogenesis

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Natural selection is

• survival of the fittest
• humans change
• two species are the same
• more animals survive

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This makes an organism more suited to its environment

• species
• lifespan
• adaptation
• mutation

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Charles Darwin came up with this theory 

• Natural Selection
• Mutation

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To adjust to a changing environment

• Mutation
• Adapt

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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The pelvic bone of whales is not needed for movement within the water. This is an example of a(n) ______________ structure.

• vestigial

• analogous

• homologous

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The forelimbs of mammals have similar anatomy because these groups descended from a recent common ancestor. Their bone structure is an example of a(n) ______________ structure.

• vestigial

• analogous

• homologous

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Many different groups of organisms have wings, even though they do not share a recent common ancestor. This is because they evolved in environments with similar selective pressures. Wings are an example of a(n) ______________ structure.

• vestigial

• analogous

• homologous

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Which of the following would represent a sudden environmental change?

• Wildfire
• Global Warming
• Competition for food

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