Evolution Basics

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

• Mutation

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Drift

• Speciation

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Which of the following is a key component of natural selection?

• All individuals survive and reproduce equally

• Variation in traits among individuals

• No competition for resources

• Traits acquired during life are passed on

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Which of the following is an example of an adaptation in animals?

• A bird's beak shape that helps it eat specific types of food

• A tree growing taller over time

• A river changing its course

• A rock eroding over time

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What is the term for preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms?

• Sediments

• Fossils

• Minerals

• Artifacts

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

• fossil record

• relative dating

• evolution

• adaptation

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What is Evolution?

• When only people change.

• When people change from a monkey to a person.

• The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

• When animals change to a human.

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Evolution happens slowly.

• Yes, it does happen slowly

• No, it dose not happen slowly

• Evolution can happen slowly, and it can happen rapidly

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Which of the following is NOT a unique trait that evolved in humans?

• Bipedalism

• A large cranium

• Canine Teeth

• Use of tools

Match the following

• Traveled to Galapagos and defined evolut

• Struggle for Existence

• More individuals made than can survive

• Charles Darwin

• Individuals fight for resources

• Overproduction

• Battle 4 resources makes hard to survive

• Competition

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Match the following

• Individuals fight for resources

• Struggle for Existence

• More individuals made than can survive

• Charles Darwin

• Battle 4 resources makes hard to survive

• Overproduction

• Traveled to Galapagos and defined evolut

• Competition

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