What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?
Evolution Review

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1.
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adaptation
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Almost all adaptations started off as?
Back
mutations
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Why are advantageous or beneficial traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
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Because those traits make them more likely to survive and reproduce.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Structures with the same bone structure but different functions (jobs) suggest that organisms share a common ancestry. What are these structures called?
Back
homologous structures
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure? Options: the wings of a red-tailed hawk, the hind limbs of a house cat, the fins of sharks, the tailbone of a human
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the tailbone of a human
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Two organisms that are closely related but not clones would have...
Options: very similar DNA sequences, exactly the same DNA sequences, no proteins in common, completely different DNA sequences
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very similar DNA sequences
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What does Darwin's theory of evolution suggest?
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species change over time
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