Evolution and Natural Selection Review

The preserved remains or physical evidence of an organism that lived in the past are called...

• evolutionary features
• fossils
• mutations
• variations

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Mistakes or changes that occur int he DNA sequence are called....

• adatations
• Darwinism
• mutations
• natural selection

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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

What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

• natural selection
• inheritance
• artificial selection
• descent withOUT modification

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What do we call similar physical structures that indicate a link to a common ancestor?

• absolute dating
• adaptations
• gradualism
• homologous structures

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Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. What is the reason for this?

• The function of these bones is the same in all animals
• They live in similar environments
• They have a common ancestor
• All organisms resemble humans

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What could cause a species to go extinct?

• Food becomes more plentiful.

• The environment changes drastically and no-one can adapt.

• There is less competition for resources.

• Members of a species have adaptations to enhance survival.

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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Hibernation is an example of which type of adaptation?

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Physical Adaptation

This is a process in which organisms gradually change over time.

• Environment
• Competition
• Evolution
• Fossils

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