Misconceptions of Evolution

Evolution results in progress (organisms are always getting better)

• True

• False

Do you think that 'natural selection' means the best characteristics of an animal are always kept from generation to generation?

• No

• Yes

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True or false: mutations are sometimes good

• True

• False

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Which of the following are common misconceptions of evolution? Check ALL that apply.

• Evolution is a "theory" not a fact.

• Religion and evolution cannot co-exist

• Humans came from monkeys.

• evolution achieves perfection

When animals look very different on the outside yet have certain structures that appear similar in form or function, they have _____________ structures

• homogeneous

• important

• homologous

• adapted

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Charles Darwin proposed that new species come from preexisting species by the process of ______________ _______________.

• evolution

• adaptations

• natural selection

• homologous structures

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A ______________ is a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding.

True or false: Natural selection is random.

• True

• False

True or false: Mutation is random.

• True

• False

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True or false: Traits must be inheritable for them to be selected through natural selection.

• True

• False

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