Evolution

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

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

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In the graph shown, how many species of lizards seem to have beneficial adaptations?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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What do we call similar physical structures that indicate a link to a common ancestor?

• absolute dating
• adaptations
• gradualism
• homologous structures

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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 does this picture model?

• DNA structure of the horse
• Evolution of the horse
• Extinction of the horse
• Singular traite of the horse

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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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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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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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