STAAR Biology Evolution

What information could we find out from this bird from a fossil?

• What colour it was

• How many feathers it had

• Where it lived

• What it sounded like

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What do we call small differences between members of the same species?

• Variations

• Fossils

• Selective Breeding

• Evolution

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Modern cows are capable of producing more milk than wild species. This is because of....

• Selective Breeding

• Fossils

• Evolution

• Inherited Characteristics

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Which of the following is a fossil?

• A plant that has recently died

• A body organ that no longer functions

• A group of organisms that can reproduce

• A trace of a dead organism found in rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

• variation

• adaptation

• selection

• overproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Select ALL that show evidence of evolution.

• DNA

• mutations

• fossils

• skeletal structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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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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