Evolution

Who is the father of evolution?

• Darwin
• Mendel
• Newton
• Einstein

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What is another name for natural selection?

• survival of the smartest
• survival of the fastest
• survival of the biggest
• survival of the fittest

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A small change over time

• macro-evolution
• micro-evolution

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What is a useless structure called?

• homologous
• vestigial
• adaptation
• variation

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What is a structure that is similar across species?

• vestigial
• homologous
• adaptaion
• variation

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What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

• homologous
• vestigial
• variation
• adaptation

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When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called

• evolution
• extinction
• adaptation
• natural selection

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What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?

• DNA studies
• embryology 
• extinction
• fossil record

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What is a weakness for the theory of evolution?

• gaps in the fossil record
• natural selection
• DNA studies
• embryology

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What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?

• species
• organism
• embryology
• vestigial 

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