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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?Albert EinsteinCharles DarwinCharles BarkleyIsaac Newton - 2. Multiple Choice
Darwin's expedition was called the Voyage of the _________.
Mayflower
Beagle
World
Galapagos
- 3. Multiple ChoiceDarwin's expedition took how many years?3456
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?EvolutionVariationAdaptationNatural Selection
- 5. Multiple Choice
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
reproduce
become extinct
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?Their feathersGenotypesTheir beaksTheir body sizes
- 7. Multiple ChoiceGenetic differences between organisms of the same speciesVariationAdaptationBehaviorEnvironment
- 8. Multiple ChoiceDarwin referred to this as survival of the fittest. Over time, it results in changes in the inherited characteristics of a population because organisms with adaptations that make them fit for their environment will survive and reproduce better than those without favorable traits.
Natural Selection
Genetic Variation
Homologous Structures
Struggle for Existence
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe gradual change in species over time is...EvolutionNucleotideAdaptationNatural Selection
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich species’ DNA is most similar to the DNA of the toothed whale?HippopotamusBaleen WhaleGrazing MammalsCamels
- 11. Multiple ChoiceTwo organisms that are closely related would havevery similar DNA sequenceexactly the same DNA sequencesno proteins in commoncompletely different DNA sequence
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe separation of a group of individuals from the rest of the population is referred to asgenetic driftnatural selectiongeographic isolationsurvival of the fittest
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is this an example of?vestigial structuresembryologyhomologous structuresfossil record
- 14. Multiple Choice
Artificial selection is a result of
The environment
Human behavior
Mutation
Gene Flow
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhy are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.Because they come from dominant alleles.Because they come from recessive alleles.Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?Fossil A and C are the same ageFossil B is older than fossil CFossils A is older than fossil BFossil D is older than fossil C
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?
the wings of a red-tailed hawk
the tail of a house cat
the fins of sharks
the wings of a penguin
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe study of the early stages of development that is one evidence of evolution is:Homologous StructuresEmbryologyVestigial Organs
- 19. Multiple ChoicePredict which moth would increase in population
light
dark
they would be 50:50 due to random variation
- 20. Multiple ChoiceInherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.FossilAdaptationAncestorNatural selection
- 21. Multiple Choice
Evolution is considered to be one of the most important theories in science, because it
was developed more than 100 years ago.
is not supported by the fossil record.
unites the fields of biology, geology, chemistry, and ecology.
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