Evidence of Evolution and Natural Selection

The preserved remains or physical evidence of an organism that lived in the past are called...

• evolutionary features

• fossils

• mutations

• variations

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The fur of the snowshoe rabbit changes to a lighter color in the winter. This allows the rabbit to blend in with its surroundings. This change is an example of:

• Adaptation

• Extinction

• Competition

• Succession

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Evolution typically happens...

• in a few weeks

• over millions of years

• never

• in 100 years

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Bird's beaks evolve mainly due to the type of ___________________ available.

• food

• water

• shrubs

• mates

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Whales and dolphins both descended from a dog-like creature. What would we call the dog-like creature?

• Great-Grandparent species

• Old Species

• A common ancestor

• A common descendant

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The theory that organisms have slowly changed over time...

• fossil record

• relative dating

• evolution

• adaptation

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Match the following terms with their definitions

• Any variation that makes an organism better able to survive

• Evolution

• An inherited trait that makes and individual different

• Mutation

• A permanent change in the DNA

• Adaptation

• a change in a species DNA over time because of natural selection

• Variation

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an inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

• adaptation

• natural selection

• niche

• competition

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Adaptations can be:

• camouflage

• ability to survive cold weather

• hunting skills

• all of the above

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How would the fossils in the sediment layers of Earth appear to prove evolution?

• fossils in upper layers complex and lower layers complex

• fossils in upper layers simple and lower layers complex

• fossils in upper layers complex and lower layers simple

• fossils in upper layers simple and lower layers simple

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