Biological Classification, Theories of Evolution and Natural Sel

__________ __________is used to organize and codify all life on Earth. 

• Studying Evolution

• Biological Classification

• Embryological Development

• Darwin Theory

Biological Classification is also referred to ___________.

• Embryological Development

• Plate Tectonics Theory

• Natural Selection

• Taxonomy

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Charles Darwin used the beak shape of finches in the Galapagos Islands as one of his sources of evidence for evolution by natural selection.

• True

• False

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His theory of evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor.

• Richard Alfonso

• Alfred Wegner

• Charles Darwin

• Aka "Father of Evolution"

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What does the plate tectonics theory argues that the movement of earth's continental and oceanic plates caused

• Mountains

• Deep ocean trenches to form

• Changes in the shape of earth crust overtime

• Extinctions of species

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Natural processes and human activities result in environmental challenges. What was one of those enviromental challenges listed in your notes?

• None of these are correct

• Sea level changes as plate tectonics cause the volume of the oceans

•  Genetic mutations occur within an organism's genetic code, the beneficial mutations are preserved because they aid survival

• The evolution of Earth’s living things is strongly linked to the movements of lithospheric plates. 

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The greater the diversity, the greater the chances are for that species to survive during environmental changes.

• True

• False

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Those organisms that do not interact well with the environment are more likely to die or produce fewer offspring than those organisms having “favored” traits.

• True

• False

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Changes in environmental conditions DO NOT affect the survival of individual organisms and entire species.

• True

• False

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Variation exists in the phenotypes (___________ and ____________) of the individuals within every population. 

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