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- 1. Multiple Choice
What are fossils?
Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms
Is the change over time in populations of related organisms
A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units
Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the fossil record?
Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms
Is the change over time in populations of related organisms
Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth
Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is a mold?
The impression of an organism
Is the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism
A fossil copy of an organism in a rock
A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is a cast?
The impression of an organism
Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies
Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth
A fossil copy of an organism in a rock
- 5. Multiple Choice
What are trace fossils?
A fossil copy of an organism in a rock
Is the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism
The impression of an organism
Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is extinction?
A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units
Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms
Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies
The impression of an organism
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the geologic time scale?
A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units
Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth
The impression of an organism
Is the change over time in populations of related organisms
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is biological evolution?
Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth
Is the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism
Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms
Is the change over time in populations of related organisms
- 9. Multiple Choice
Naturalist
A person who studies plants and animals by observing them.
Natural selection is the process where organisms that are best suited to their environment survive and pass on their genetic traits.
Is an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment.
The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Variation
A person who studies plants and animals by observing them.
The resemblance of one species to another species.
Is a slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species.
The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Natural Selection
Is a slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species.
The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics.
Is an inherited trait that increases the organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment.
The process where organisms that are best suited to their environment survive and pass on their genetic traits.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Adaptation
Is a slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species.
Is an inherited trait that increases the organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment.
A person who studies plants and animals by observing them.
The resemblance of one species to another species.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Camouflage
The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics.
The process where organisms that are best suited to their environment survive and pass on their genetic traits.
Is an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment.
A person who studies plants and animals by observing them.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Mimicry
The resemblance of one species to another species.
Is a slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species.
Is an inherited trait that increases the organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment.
A person who studies plants and animals by observing them.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Selective Breeding
Is a slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species.
Is an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment.
The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics.
The resemblance of one species to another species.
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