Evolution Review Practice Questions

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3. After examining the fossil record, scientists have determined that scorpions today are much smaller than their extinct ancestors. For example, Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, a giant scorpion species that lived 255 million to 460 million years ago, was 2.5 meters long. Which of the following conclusions is supported by this information?

• Scorpions living today have increased their numbers since they first appeared.
• Scorpions in the fossil record are smaller than their descendants are.
• Scorpions have changed as a result of natural selection.
• Scorpions do not appear in their original state in the fossil record.

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• It increases opportunities for offspring to compete for limited resources.
• It increases the probability that some offspring will survive long enough to reproduce
• It increases the probability that moving water will promote gene flow from one population to another.
• It increases the chance of the recombination of alleles, leading to genetic drift in the population.

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