Evolution Review

A measure of (1) survival ability and (2) ability to reproduce

• Fitness

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Variation

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Individuals with ????? typically produce more offspring.

• beneficial adaptations

• low variation

• high variation

• more genes

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Descendants are biologically different from their ancestors. What word best describes this?

• Evolution

• Photosynthesis

• Mutations

• Variation

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This image illustrates:

• Homologous structures

• Vestigial structures

• Gene flow

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Homologous structures provide evidence towards ...

• common ancestry

• vestigial structures

• punctuated equilibrium

• uniformitarianism

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This picture suggests that all these creatures are:

• closely related

• extinct

• the same species

• co-evolving

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Without ​____ evolution is not possible.

• variation

• carriers

• gene flow

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Adaptations allow organisms to survive ?????.

• selective pressures

• adulthood

• genetic drift

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What type of selective pressure does a giraffe face?

• Food is found on tree tops

• Having a long neck

• Being cursed with beauty

• Having spots that act as camouflage

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What adaptation does a giraffe have?

• Food is found on tree tops

• Having a long neck

• Being cursed with beauty

• Having spots that act as camouflage

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