Evolution

An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival

• adaptation

• mutation

• fitness

• acquired trait

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Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.

• Fossil
• Adaptation
• Ancestor
• Natural selection

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What is the process of which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

• artificial selection
• descent without modification
• inheritance of acquired characteristics
• natural selection

Natural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn't

• nature
• humans
• animals
• years

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State the term for when organisms have similar PHYSICAL structures.

• molecular similarities

• structural similarities

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed down to offspring?

• because they come from recessive alleles.

• because they come from dominant alleles

• because they help the organism survive and reproduce.

• because once a trait is in the gene pool, it cannot go away.

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Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce

• better traits
• stronger genes
• more offspring
• fewer mutations

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Using the cladogram to the right, which organism(s) do not have jaws?

• Lancelet
• Leopard
• Turtle
• Tuna

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When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

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All the individuals of a species that live in a particular area are called a

• variation
• population
• fossil
• group