Change Over Time

Over time, this results in changes in inherited characteristics of a population. These changes increase a species fitness in its environment

• Descent

• Natural Selection

• Natural Variation

• Artificial Selection

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This is a well-supported testable explanation of phenomena that have occurred in the natural world.

• Evolution

• Hypothesis

• Law

• Theory

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Darwin visited Argentina and Australia...these 2 places had what type of ecosystem that was similar?

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Savanna

• Rainforest

Which scientist shaped Darwin's thinking about population growth?

• James Hutton

• Charles Lyell

• Lamarck

• Thomas Malthus

• Russel Wallace

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Darwin collected the preserved remains of ancient organisms, called what?

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Fossils

• Fossil Record

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Which animal was NOT found in the Galapagos?

• Land tortoises

• Darwin finches

• Marine fish

• Marine iguanas

Species ____________ over time

• Change

• Reproduce

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Structures that have different mature forms in different organisms, but develop from the same embryonic tissue is what?

• Natural Variation

• Survival of the fittest

• Similarities in early development

• Homologous structures

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Which of the following ARE examples of evidence of evolution? (Choose all that apply)

• The fossil record

• Geographic distribution of living things

• Homologous body structures

• Similarities in early development

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Where some of the individuals are better suited for the environment.

• Natural variation

• Artificial selection

• Struggle for existence

• Survival of the fittest

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