Evolutions

Natural selection means that traits that offer a/ an ___________ will most likely be passed onto offspring;

• advantage

• help

• disadvantage

• option

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Organisms that are not well-adapted, for whatever reason, to their environment, will naturally have _______ of a chance of surviving and reproducing.

• more

• less

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In the 19th century, an English natural scientist named ____________ was fascinated by the diversity of life on Earth

• Charles Darwin

• HMS Beagle

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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Who was the Scientist most famous for his study of natural selection and evolution?

• Theodor Schwann

• Robert Hooke

• Charles Darwin

• Rudolf Virchow

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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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Select ALL that show evidence of evolution.

• DNA

• mutations

• fossils

• skeletal structures

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Beak shape, camouflage, and webbed feet are all examples of which type of adaptation?

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Physical Adaptation