Evolution

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What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive in its environment?

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adaptation

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Who hypothesized that human populations are kept in check by war, famine, and disease? Options: Darwin, Hutton, Malthus, Lamarck

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Malthus

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homologous structures

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What is the process of which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

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artificial selection

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Vertebrate embryos pass through similar stages of development is evidence for

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common ancestry

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What happens to individuals that are well adapted to their environment?

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They produce more offspring.

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All the individuals of a species that live in a particular area are called a

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population

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The remnant of an organ that had a function in an early ancestor is known as a(n)

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vestigial structure

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Who said that geological forces acting today are the same ones that have been acting in the past?

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Lyell

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What is the study of the distribution of organisms around the world?

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biogeography