The male and female black widow spider look very different. However, we know they are the same species because:

They reproduce creating fertile offspring

They reproduce creating infertile offspring

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

To look different from other species.

To protect itself against predators.

To protect itself against prey.

You look at two species and see very similar amino acid sequences. What does this likely tell you?

These animals have a common ancestor.

These animals are not likely related.

These animals are likely becoming one species.

Which of the following is a structural adaptation for the underlined animal?

A butterfly has bright colors to warn predators that it is poisonous.

A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to play dead.

A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.

A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.

What conclusions can be made based on this table shown?

the red panda and the racoon are the most closely related

the American black bear and the giant panda are most closely related

the giant panda and the red panda are most closely related

the giant panda and the racoon are most closely related

The picture shows the members of the Camelidae family. The physical features and the geographical origin of these animals provide evidence that -

they live in the same type of environment.

have slowly evolved to become herbivores.

Two organisms that are closely related would have

completely different DNA sequence

Smoke given off by the factories threatened the survival of the light gray peppered moths. What evidence from the text best supports this conclusion?

Predators could see the light gray peppered moths on the black trees covered by soot and easily hunt them down.

Soot is a black substance that collects on a surface that comes into contact with smoke

When coal burns, it gives off a lot of dark-colored smoke

The trees began to blacken with soot because of all of the smoke in the air from the factories.

What idea did Larmarck propose that was later proven to be incorrect?

Acquired characteristics can be inherited

All species are descended from a common ancestor

There is a relationship between an organism and its environment

Living organisms change over time

Which of the following is the correct way to summarize natural selection?

overproduction, competition, variations, fitness, survive and reproduce

overproduction, variations, competition, fitness, survive and reproduce

competition, fitness, survive and reproduce

variations, competition, fitness, survive and reproduce

Which tortoise most likely lived in an environment in which the vegetation was high up and hard to reach?

All islands had the same vegetation

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Geographic isolation

Geologic separation

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Genetic differentiation

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_______ believed that organisms develop traits needed for survival and that traits that were unused would become weaker and gradually disappear.

A structure or organ that seems to serve no purpose, but resembles structures with functional roles in other organisms are called ____________.

Similar structures that are found in different species are called _____________.

Looking at the similarities in development between different organisms would be an example of which piece of evidence?

Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment

Whose theory included "acquired traits" such as a giraffe needing a long neck so they stretch it over time?

On the Galapagos Islands, different finches evolved on different islands to fit their environment. When a species develops unique traits because it is trapped in one area this is called:

The male and female black widow spider look very different. However, we know they are the same species because:

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

Two populations of the same species do not have the same mating rituals or signals.

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