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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 ChoiceThe gradual change in species over time is...EvolutionNucleotideAdaptationNatural Selection
- 3. Multiple ChoiceDarwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________increase in numberbecome extinct
- 4. Multiple ChoiceTo adjust to a changing environmentMutationAdapt
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAnother word for adapt is ____________.changecreate
- 6. 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
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhen an organism completely dies out, it is called.....AdaptionExtinctionFossilizationMutation
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________SpeciesEnvironmental ChangeAdaptationVariation
- 9. Multiple ChoiceGenetic differences between organisms of the same speciesVariationAdaptationBehaviorEnvironment
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?To look different from other species.To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.To protect itself against predators.To protect itself against prey.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe struggle for existence against other members of an organisms species isCompetitionNatural Selectiongene flowgenetic drift
- 12. Multiple ChoiceRemains of ancient organisms are calledExtinctionsFossilsMutationsVariations
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations is called a(an):hypothesisexperimentcause and effectscientific theory
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is another name for natural selection?survival of the smartestsurvival of the fastestsurvival of the biggestsurvival of the fittest
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?homologousvestigialvariationadaptation
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?speciesorganismembryologyvestigial
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is this an example of?diversity of speciesvariationvestigial structuresDNA studies
- 18. Multiple ChoicePredict which moth would increase in populationlightdark
- 19. 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
- 20. Multiple ChoiceInherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.FossilAdaptationAncestorNatural selection
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