evolution

Who hypothesized that human populations are kept in check by war, famine, and disease?

• Darwin
• Hutton
• Malthus
• Lamarck

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

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What is the process of which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

• artificial selection
• descent without modification
• inheritance of acquired characteristics
• natural selection

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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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The remnant of an organ that had a function in an early ancestor is known as a(n)

• vestigial structure
• analogous structure
• homologous structure
• fossil structure

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Who said that geological forces acting today are the same ones that have been acting in the past?

• Lamarck
• Darwin
• Hutton
• Lyell 

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

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A fossil of an extinct dinosaur is found and the anatomy of the fossil shows similarities to that of a bird. What could this mean?

• This is purely by chance and isn't significant
• The extinct dinosaur and modern bird share a common ancestor
• All dinosaurs evolved into birds and that's why there aren't any dinosaurs alive today
• Dinosaurs choose to fly, and evolved into birds to escape predation and capture food

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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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Which of the following are examples of evidence for evolution?

• Fossils and Cellular Structure
• Biological Structures 
• Genetics/DNA
• All of the Above

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