Evolution & Natural Selection Review

What does it mean to adapt?

• To remain unchanged in all conditions

• To change or modify in response to new environmental conditions

• To become extinct

• To evolve into a new species

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What is an ancestor?

• A future generation

• A hypothetical form from which an organism has developed or descended

• A type of fossil

• A species that is currently living

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What is evolution?

• The process of becoming extinct

• The process of changing the genetic make-up of a population over generations

• The process of remaining the same over time

• The process of creating fossils

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What is extinction?

• The permanent loss of a population or species

• The adaptation to new environments

• The creation of new species

• The process of natural selection

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What is a fossil?

• A living organism

• Evidence that an organism once existed in an area

• A type of adaptation

• A new species

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What are homologous structures?

• Structures that are identical in all species

• Structures similar in position, structure, and evolutionary origin but not necessarily in function

• Structures that lead to extinction

• Structures that are completely different in all species

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What is mass extinction?

• A gradual change in species over time

• A catastrophic event leading to the extinction of the majority of Earth's species

• The adaptation of species to new environments

• The process of natural selection

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What is the theory that explains how organisms best adapted to their environment survive and reproduce?

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Generation Theory

• Population Dynamics

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What is a group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can mate with each other to produce offspring called?

• Species

• Population

• Generation

• Trait

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What is the term for selective breeding of plants and animals by humans?

• Artificial Selection

• Natural Selection

• Variation

• Generation

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