Evolution Review

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

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

The preserved remains or physical evidence of an organism that lived in the past are called...

• evolutionary features
• fossils
• mutations
• variations

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What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were differnt from the finches living on the South American mainland?

• They were different types of food available on the island.
• The finches on the islands had to drink salt water.
• There were different types of predators living on the island.
• The finches on the mainland built different types of nests.

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Which beneficial variation would be most helpful in a desert environment?

• white fur
• claws for burrowing
• grean and black camouflage
• flippers

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Which would NOT be considered a fossil?

• bones buried deep in the earth
• footprints harened in  mud or rocks
• imprints left in rocks
• stories passed down from generation to generation

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What is it called when an organism is best adapted to its environment, it will survive and reproduce more successfully than other organisms less adapted?

• cloning
• evolution of all species
• natural selection
• selective breeding

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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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The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment 

• diversity.
• evolution
• adaptation
•  fitness

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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