Fossils, Evolution, and Mutations Test Review

​ (a)   was a naturist, who studied​ (b)   on the Galapogos island.

• Charles Darwin
• plants and animals
• Robert hooke
• Watson and Crick
• airplanes
• HMS Beagel

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​ (a)   selection is when humans choose traits of an organism like breeding dogs

• Artificial
• Natural
• Analogous traits

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Match the following pictures with the words they represent

• Natural selection

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• Homologous Structure

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• Artificial selection

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• Analogous Structure

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• Adaptation

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vestigial structures, like the tail bone, are

• No longer used

• Serve an important role in our body

• allow us to connect with animals

• serve multi-purposes

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When Darwin was studying the finches and noticed the different types of beaks, this was an example of ​ (a)  

• genetic variation
• genetic compounds
• Nucleotides
• Thiamine

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth
• Light moth
• Both will be equally successful
• Neither will be successful

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Change over time

• Natural Selection
• Selective Breeding
• Homeostasis
• Evolution

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Which best describes mutations?

• Always helpful
• Always harmful
• Can be helpful or harmful
• Always neutral

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