Theory of Evolution

the process in which populations change over time

• basketball
• natural selection
• evolution
• mutation

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I formed the theory of evolution by natural selection after my research of various species of finches on the Galápagos Islands. Who am I?

• Reginald Punnett
• Charles Darwin
• Mr. St. Louis
• Gregor Mendel

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Darwin's book On The Origin of Species included _____

• lots of evidence to show that evolution had taken place

• an analysis of the anatomy of analogous structures

• an analysis of the DNA sequences of closely related animals

• all of the above

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The strongest evidence for evolution from a common ancestor is

• similar DNA sequences

• similar body structures

• similar fossils

• all of the above

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Who was Charles Darwin?

• A man who liked birds.

• The man who studied natural selection and became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies.

• A doctor.

• A lawyer.

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What is natural selection?

• Animals that have acquired traits to survive and reproduce.

• Animals who pick who they want to mate with.

• People pick the mates for the animals.

• People change the DNA of animals to make them have desired traits.

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What does "Survival Of the Fittest" mean?

• The best adapted organisms

• The biggest organisms

• The fastest organisms

• The smartest organisms

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A characteristic that makes an organism well suited to its environment is called a(n)?

• natural selection

• trait

• adaptation

• variation

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Inherited changes that occur in a population over time is called

• evolution

• traits

• adaptation

• variation

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Charles Darwin's observation that tortoises of different species on the Galapagos Islands have many similar physical characteristics supports the hypothesis that these tortoises

• have the ability to interbreed

• acquired traits through use and disuse

• all eat the same type of food

• descended from a common ancestor

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