Evolution of Living Organisms

Who is the father of evolution?

• Darwin
• Mendel
• Newton
• Einstein

What is another name for natural selection?

• survival of the smartest
• survival of the fastest
• survival of the biggest
• survival of the fittest

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

• homologous
• vestigial
• variation
• adaptation

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What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

• homologous
• vestigial
• variation
• adaptation

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When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called

• evolution
• extinction
• adaptation
• natural selection

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What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?

• DNA studies
• embryology 
• extinction
• fossil record

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Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?

• the wings of a red-tailed hawk

• the hind limbs of a house cat

• the fins of sharks

• the wings of an ostrich

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A bird that can easily outcompete other birds for food and that can produce many eggs has a high...

• life expectancy

• mutation rate

• fitness

• adaptability

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If an organism has a vestigial structure, that structure likely once had a function in a(n)

• close relative
• early ancestor
• unrelated organism
• embryological stage

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Which of the following is NOT part of Charles Darwin’s observations that describe the mechanisms of natural selection?

• Organisms produce more offspring than can survive.

• Organisms with advantages will survive and reproduce.

• Disease and natural disaster will limit population growth.

• Species today descended with modifications from ancestral species.

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