Life Over Time

The practice by which humans select plans or animals for breeding based on desired traits:

• artificial selection

• natural selection

• genetic variation

• adaptation

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The process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do:

• artificial selection

• natural selection

• genetic variation

• adaptation

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Within species there are naturally occurring differences, or _________, in traits.

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An important source of variation is a __________, or a change in genetic material.

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An inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment is:

• artificial selection

• natural selection

• genetic variation

• adaptation

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Occurs when all members of a species has died.

• extinction

• mutation

• variation

• adaptation

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The hollow bones of birds, which keeps birds lightweight for flying is an example of a(n)

• selection

• mutation

• variation

• adaptation

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The remains or imprints of once-living organisms are called:

• records

• fossils

• sedimentary rock

• layers

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The standard method used to divide Earth's long 4.6 billion-year natural history into manageable parts.

• fossil records

• fossils

• geologic time scale

• circle graph

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In biology, _____________ refers to the process by which populations change over time.

• evolution

• artificial selection

• natural selection

• variation

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