Evolution Misconceptions

What is the process in which populations CHANGE over time?

• evolution

• species

• variation

• competition

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What do you call similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor?

• Natural Selection

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous Structure

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What do we call structures that no longer perform their original function?

• Natural Selection

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous Structure

What do you call a characteristic that allows an organism to survive in an environment?

• variation

• adaptation

• selection

• overproduction

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What do you call different structures with a similar function but NO common ancestor?

• Natural Selection

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous Structure

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Select ALL that show evidence of evolution.

• DNA

• mutations

• fossils

• skeletal structures

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Select ALL of the steps to forming a new species.

• variation

• adaptation

• division

• separation

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Parts of the body that are similar to other species because they have a common ancestor

• fossil record

• homologous structures

• embryology

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Body part you have that use to have a purpose but now has little or no function

• vestigial organ

• embryology

• homologous structures

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When HUMANS select or choose a plant or animal for breeding based on a desired trait

• natural selection

• artificial selection

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