EVOLUTION

When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called what?

• Selective breeding

• Natural Selection

• Cloning

• Evolution of all species

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Sometimes bones in the front limbs of animals are very similar in structure. What do we call similar bone structures that indicate a link to a common ancestor?

• Adaptations

• Gradualism

• Homologous Structures

• Extinction

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What do we call a change in a species over time?

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Extinction

• Environmental influences

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Vertebrate embryos pass through similar stages of development is evidence for

• use and disuse
• homologous structures
• common ancestry
• acquired characteristics

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Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce

• better traits
• stronger genes
• more offspring
• fewer mutations

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What type of evidence is shown in this picture?

• Fossils

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

• DNA

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The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

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According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to: 

• Species I
• Species II
• Species III
• Species IV

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The table shows the survival rate of two types of beetles in the same environment over a period of three years.  

Which statement about the beetles in this environment is best supported by the data?

• Brown beetles have a shorter life cycle than green beetles have
• Green beetles are more fit for their environment than brown beetles
•  brown beetles are undergo more unfavorable mutations than green beetles

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The green frog (Lithobates clamitans clamitans) is found in many parts of the United States. The table contains some information about this frog.
Why does the ability to lay 1,000 to 5,000 eggs increase the fitness of the species L. clamitans clamitans?

• A.  It increases the probability that some offspring will survive long enough to reproduce.
• It increases the chance of the recombination of alleles, leading to genetic drift in the population.
• A.  It increases opportunities for offspring to compete for limited resources.

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