Evolution 2023 General

What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive in its environment?

• adaptation
• variation
• homologous structure
• vestigial structure

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• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• vestigial structures
• none of the above

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______ _________ explains how two or more organisms could evolve similar traits even though they are not related to each other.

• convergent evolution
• reproductive isolation
• derived characters
• hybrid vigor

Which of the following is a fossil?

• a plant that has recently died
• a group of organisms that can reproduce
• a structure or organ that no longer functions
• a trace of an organisms that existed in the past

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what did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?

• different species on different islands
• all species on one of the islands
• identical species on all the islands
• the same species as North America

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The Physical remains of a plant or animal preserved in rock or Earth's crust. 

• Adapt
• Fossil

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Charles Darwin came up with this theory 

• Natural Selection
• Mutation

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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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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Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?

• individual
• population
• species
• fossil

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