Evolution Review

What is evolution?

• Change over time

• The ability of an animal to survive and reproduce

• Change in the DNA of an organism

• Quick change to physical appearance

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What is the process by which individuals with inherited characteristics well-suited to the environment leave more offspring?

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Flow

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Variations are any difference between individual or groups of organisms caused by genetic differences

• True

• False

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Variations do not need to be inherited for natural selection to occur.

• True

• False

What are inherited characteristics that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment?

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Evolution

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What is an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment called?

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Mutation

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A bird is born with a long beak and this helps it capture food and therefore survive better. What is this an example of?

• Adaptation

• Variation

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What type of evolutionary evidence shows links of the past and tells the story of how organism have changed over time?

• Fossils

• Embryology

• Anatomy

• Molecular Biology

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What type of evolutionary evidence shows different organisms share similar structures that have very different functions, or have remnants of structures /organs that had a function in the past?

• Fossils

• Embryology

• Anatomy

• Molecular Biology

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What type of evolutionary evidence shows that during the early stages of life different organisms appear to be very similar, and become increasingly different as they grow.

• Fossils

• Embryology

• Anatomy

• Geography

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