Evolution Review 2

Select ALL that show evidence of evolution.

• DNA

• mutations

• fossils

• skeletal structures

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Select ALL the parts of Natural Selection.

• overproduction

• evolution

• variation

• selection

• competition

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Genetic variation can arise from a random change in the DNA of a gene.  The change is called a(n)

• mutation
• gene flow
• gene pool
• allele

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Which of the following would represent a sudden environmental change?

• Wildfire
• Global Warming
• Competition for food

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

• Because they come from recessive alleles.

• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

• Because they come from dominant alleles.

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce

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The hollow bones of birds, which keep birds lightweight for flying, is an example of ________

• Inheritance

• Adaptation

• Cool Bird stuff

• Variation

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What did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands?

• different species were found on different islands

• all species were found on one of the islands

• identical species were found on all the islands

• the same species were found as ones found in North America

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Which species’ DNA is most similar to the DNA of the toothed whale? 

• Hippopotamus 
• Baleen Whale
• Grazing Mammals
• Camels

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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What do you call similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor?

• Natural Selection

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous Structure

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