Evolution Unit Test

What comparative anatomy structure is a result from left over traits that are no longer needed for survival and no longer serve a purpose?

• Analogous Structures

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?

• F

• E

• B

• C

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Various species show similar developmental patterns as embryos.

• DNA similarities

• Anatomical Homology

• Embryology

• All of the above

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Charles Darwin's key principle that organisms in a group will be different genetically

• Overproduction

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Selection

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change in living things over time

• organism

• extinction

• evolution

• anatomy

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Which of the following is NOT one of Charles Darwin's key principles?

• Isolation

• Overproduction

• Selection

• Variation

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What are fossils that are abundant, easily recognizable, short lived, and widespread called?

• Preserved Fossils

• Index Fossils

• Imprints

• Radioactive dating

Occurs when all members of a species have died.

• plague

• extinction

• Stranger Things

• Covid 19

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a trait that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce

• Traits

• Inheritance

• Genetics

• Adaption

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What is the process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do?

• Evolution

• Artificial selection

• Natural selection

• Henderson Middle

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