Evolucion

Which of the following is a key piece of evidence for human evolution?

• Ancient cave paintings

• Stone tools

• Fossilised human bones

• Old maps

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Which of the following scientists is known for the theory of evolution by natural selection?

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

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What is the term for the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Drift

• Mutation

• Speciation

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

• Appendix

• Heart

• Liver

• Brain

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What is the name of the ship on which Charles Darwin made his famous voyage that led to his development of the theory of evolution?

• HMS Beagle

• USS Enterprise

• RMS Titanic

• SS Minnow

Which of the following is a mechanism of evolution that involves random changes in the frequency of alleles in a population?

• Genetic Drift

• Natural Selection

• Gene Flow

• Mutation

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What is the term for the formation of a new species as a result of evolution?

• Speciation

• Adaptation

• Extinction

• Migration

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Which of the following is a type of evidence for evolution that involves the study of similarities and differences in the embryos of different species?

• Comparative Embryology

• Fossil Record

• Biogeography

• Molecular Biology

What is the term for the preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past?

• Fossils

• Artifacts

• Sediments

• Minerals

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Which of the following is an example of artificial selection?

• Breeding dogs for specific traits

• Wolves hunting in packs

• Birds migrating south for the winter

• Fish swimming upstream to spawn