Evolution

Why do populations change over time?

• different traits are passed on depending on which traits are favored by the environment

• they mutate

• they lose abilities that are no longer useful

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Organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce is called:

• evolution

• natural selection

• acquired characteristics

• mutation

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The complete disappearance of a species is called:

• Adaption

• Extinction

• Fossilization

• Mutation

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There are several causes of extinction. Which is NOT one of the causes:

• Inbreeding

• Habitat loss

• Explotation

• Invasive species

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Organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number

• become extinct

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The interaction of individuals that vie for a common resource that is in limited supply.

• Competitive Advantage

• Natural Selection

• Gene flow

• Genetic drift

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Any preserved remains, impression, or trace of a once-living thing from a past geological age.

• Extinctions

• Fossils

• Mutations

• Variations

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What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?

• species
• organism
• embryology
• vestigial 

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Changes in a species typically happens...

• in a few weeks

• over millions of years

• never

• in 100 years

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When an organism has a trait that allows it to blend in with its environment is called:

• mimicry

• camouflage

• lucky

• sonic hedgehog gene