VA SOL Evolution

When organisms are better adapted to their environment, they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called ___.

• natural selection

• evolution of all species

• selective breeding

• cloning

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What is it called when all of the organisms of a species completely die out?

• Extinction

• Adaptation

• Mutations

• Fossilization

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Who proposed the theory that evolution happens as a result of natural selection?

• Charles Darwin

• Robert Hooke

• Matthias Schleiden

• James Watson

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When a DNA sequence is copied, sometimes mistakes occur in the new strand of DNA. What do we call these mistakes?

• Mutations

• Transcription

• Adaptations

• Chargaff's rule

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What is likely to happen if a mutation causes a favorable change in an organism, helping to increase its survival?

• The mutation will be passed on to its offspring

• The organism will not be accepted by members of its population

• The mutation will disappear from the organism over time

• The organism will die an early death due to genetic complications

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A slight change in a hawk's sight enables it to see and catch its prey easier and helps it to better survive than hawks without the change. This change is called a / an ___.

• adaptation

• adjustment

• evolution

• extinction

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All of the field mice that live in a field of light colored grass have tan fur. One of the mice is born with black fur. What could cause the black fur color?

• mutation

• selective breeding

• adaptation

• natural selection

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What is an inherited trait that gives an organism an advantage in its particular environment called?

• adaptation

• variation

• divergence

• mutation

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The gradual change in a species or population over a period of time is called ___.

• evolution

• classification

• genetics

• population disturbances

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Ambulocetus were aquatic mammals that lived on Earth about 49 million years ago. Since none of these mammals are still living on Earth today, they are said to be ___.

• extinct

• threatened

• endangered

• declining

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