Evolution Test

Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

• Albert Einstein
• Charles Darwin
• Charles Barkley
• Isaac Newton

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The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

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Evolution typically happens...

• in a few weeks
• over millions of years
• never
• in 100 years

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Bird's beaks evolve mainly due to the type of ___________________ available.

• food
• water
• shrubs
• mates

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Darwin said that within a species there will be _________________________

• nothing different

• variation/differences

• some differences and similarities

• Darwin didn't look at species

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What can happen to a species over time if some of the organisms have an advantage?

• The population will decrease

• The population will become extinct

• The population will slowly increase

• Nothing, it will stay the same

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The change over time in populations of related species.

• biological evolution
• transition
• variation
• adaptation

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A slight difference in an inherited trait between individual members of the same species.

• variations
• adapatations
• homologous structures
• analogous structures

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When an organism of a species has an adaptation, it will compete for resources better, survive longer and pass that adaptation on to it's offspring. This process is called

• evolution by natural selection
• artificial selection
• inbreeding
• outbreeding

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Adaptations can be:

• camouflage

• ability to survive cold weather

• hunting skills

• all of the above

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