Evolution Basics
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Populations of organisms change over time from inherited genetic changes
Darwin
Evolution
Common Ancestor
Incomplete Dominance
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Popularized natural selection with his book On
the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859
after his observations sailing on the HMS Beagle.
Curie
Hooke
Linnaeus
Darwin
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Favorable genetic traits are passed on causing a survival advantage in a particular environment.
speciation
natural selection
cladogram
inherent danger
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The theory that all living things are descendants of one
original living cell and evolved via natural selection.
Darwinism
cladogram
metaphase
common ancestor
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The purposeful breeding of two individuals to produce desired traits in offspring.
Also known as selective breeding.
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
Unnatural Selection
Phylogenetics
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A diagram that shows the theory of Evolution from a Common Ancestor.
Phylogenetic Tree
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
Branching Tree
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A branching diagram that shows evolutionary relationships
between species
Root System
Mitochondria
Cladogram
Adaptive Radiation
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