Evolution and Ecology Review

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 
• Variation 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which species’ DNA is most similar to the DNA of the toothed whale? 

• Hippopotamus 
• Baleen Whale
• Grazing Mammals
• Camels

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When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

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The separation of a group of individuals from the rest of the population is referred to as 

• genetic drift
• natural selection
• geographic isolation
• survival of the fittest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence
• exactly the same DNA sequences
• no proteins in common
• completely different DNA sequence

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What are the evidences for Evolution?

• Fossil Records
• Embryology
• Similar body structure
• All the above

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Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• adaptive radiation
• fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Genetic variation can arise from a random change in the DNA of a gene.  The change is called a(n)

• mutation
• gene flow
• gene pool
• allele

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

the hind leg bones in a whale are examples of

• homologous structures
• analogous structures
• fossils
• vestigals

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)

• heterotroph
• consumer
• detritivore
• autotroph

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