Evolution Review

Ostriches can't fly, so what would their wings be examples of

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• adaptations

• traits

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Dolphins have the same arm structure as wolfs, what type of evidence for evolution does this represent?

• DNA
• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• embryology

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Change over time is

• evolution
• generation
• growth
• biogenesis

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What animal is Darwin known for studying?

• dinosaurs
• tunicates
• finches
• horses

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Natural selection is

• survival of the fittest
• humans change
• two species are the same
• more animals survive

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This makes an organism more suited to its enviornment

• species
• lifespan
• adaptation
• mutation

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Who was Charles Darwin?

• A naturalist who came up with the theory of evolution
• A scientist who studied plants
• A geologist who looked at rocks and fossils
• A paleontologist who studied dinosaurs

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

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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