Evolution

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What is embryology?

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the earliest growth stage of development

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Change over time is

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evolution

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Natural selection is

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survival of the fittest

Front

The tree of life is a metaphor for what idea?

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we came from a common ancestor

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Which of the following is not a piece of evidence for evolution? Homologous structures, embryology, fossil age, vestigial structures

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fossil age

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Which species’ DNA is most similar to the DNA of the toothed whale? Options: Hippopotamus, Baleen Whale, Grazing Mammals, Camels

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Baleen Whale

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How did the environmental change during the Industrial Revolution affect peppered moths in Manchester, England?

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Natural selection favored moths with dark wings because predators could not see them on the soot-colored trees.

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Two organisms that are closely related would have

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very similar DNA sequence

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What effect can bottleneck events have on populations that have nearly become extinct?

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Bottleneck events reduce the size of the population and greatly reduce genetic variation.

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Why do humans, birds, whales, and lizards have similar arm bones?

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They have a common ancestor