Evolution and Natural Selection

What does Darwin's theory of evolution suggest?

• species remain unchanged over time

• species change over time

• species evolve into different species instantly

• species are created by divine intervention

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What is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Genetic Drift

• Evolutionary Adaptation

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Change over time is known as _____

• Revolution

• Evolution

• Transformation

• Adaptation

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This kind of structure are body parts that have no function now and are just the remains from an ancestor.

• vestigial structure

• functional structure

• adaptive trait

• evolutionary remnant

What is the term for the process of selecting organisms with desired traits to breed?

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Engineering

• Hybridization

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What is the term for the preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms?

• Fossils

• Artifacts

• Relics

• Specimens

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The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct? Fossil D is older than fossil C.

• Fossil D is older than fossil C.

• Fossil C is older than fossil D.

• Fossil D and C are the same age.

• Fossil D is younger than fossil C.

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What is the term for the gradual change in species over time?

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Mutation

• Extinction

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Similar structures with different purposes found in different species are known as _____

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• convergent structures

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What do we call the remnants of organs or structures that had a function in an early ancestor?

• Vestigial structures

• Functional remnants

• Ancestral traits

• Evolutionary artifacts

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