Unit 5-6 CBA Review

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

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Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.
• variations.
• traits.
• theories.

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All these birds are finches but they have developed different beaks due to the type of foods available to them, this is because of

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

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What process is being shown in this image?

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

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A farmer has bred his pineapple plants from the sweetest pineapples from his last harvest to get even sweeter pineapple plants. What is this an example of?

• Selective breeding

• Natural selection

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Evidence shows that the wolf is the ancestor to all of the breeds of dogs shown below. How did this variation arise in a relatively short period of time?

• Random Selection

• Natural selection

• Random chance

• Selective breeding

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A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?

• Juniper
• Pine
• Spruce
• Fir

A dichotomous key for insects is given. To what order does an insect with two pairs of scaly wings belong?

• Coleoptera
• Heteroptera
• Diptera
• Lepidoptera