Setup Evolution

When species that are more fit survive and pass their traits onto their offspring, and then those traits become the most common traits in the overall population, it is called_______?

• Natural Selection

• Variation

• Extinction

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____________ is a process of gradual change that takes place over many generations, during which organisms may slowly change into new species.

• Evolution

• Artificial Selection

• Extinction

• Variation

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In an environment without any predators, which of the following mutations would make a bird species more fit?

• a plumage color that matches the foliage color

• a larger body size

• a smaller body size

• a shorter and straighter beak shape

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When a species has a random mutation that makes that species more fit for their environment, what will be the effect on their population?

• Their population will increase over time.

• Their population will decrease (go down) over time.

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If a bird species has a random mutation that does not make them any more or any less fit for their environment, but the random mutation does make them more attractive as a mate, what will be the effect on the population of that bird species?

• Over time, the population rate won't change but more and more birds will have the new "attractive" mutation.

• Over time, the population rate will increase and more and more birds will have the new "attractive" mutation.

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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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Select ALL that show evidence of evolution.

• DNA

• mutations

• fossils

• skeletal structures

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

• Natural Selection

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous Structure