Biological Evolution

What does a Paleontologist do?

• studies human evolution

• Explains earth's history

• studies fossils

• studies dinosaurs

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What element is used to determine the age of a fossil?

• C4

• C14

• Lithium

• iron

What would be an example of genetic variation?

• Slugs dry out when exposed to sunlight

• Rabbits being born with wings

• a cow producing more milk

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Evolution takes place in result of the use and disuse of physical features.

• True

• False

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Natural Selection

• female cardinals have no color

• an interaction between 2 or more species

• geographical barriers

• Individuals with traits better suited to an env’t are

  more likely to survive, reproduce, and pass on

  traits (survival of the fittest)🡪

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Study of human evolution

• paleontologist

• geologist

• anthropologist

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The first bacteria was seen in the __________.

• paleozoic era

• mesozoic era

• hadean eon

• cenozoic

When different organisms have the same structures but different functions.

• Analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• embryology

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Different species evolve from

one ancestral species. Each has a different niche.

• covergent evolution

• Divergent evolution

• adaptive radiation

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The only organism that purs.

• horse

• wolf

• cat

• leopard