Heredity and Evolution

Why have many species become extinct in the past?

• They couldn't find a place to hibernate

• They couldn't migrate to warmer climates

• They couldn't reproduce

• They couldn't adapt to environmental changes

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When an organism develops a trait that helps it survive, it is know as ...

• A vestigial trait

• An adaptation

• A survival trait

• A mutation

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Where did Charles Darwin discover the differently evolved species of Finches?

• The Caribbean Islands

• Long Island

• The Greek Islands

• The Galapagos Islands

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Which word most closely describes the changes of this species over time?

• Evolution

• Succession

• Mutation

• Growth

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Who wrote "On The Origin of Species" and is responsible for the modern theory of evolution ?

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Robert Hooke

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Darfin

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The definition of "evolution" is ...

• A change in body structures

• A process of change over a short time period

• A process of change over a long time period

• A process of growth in an organism

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____________ are preserved evidence, found in rock, of once living organisms.

• Bones structures

• Impressions

• Fossils

• Anatomical Remains

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When one organism survives over another due to its adaptations, it is known as ___________.

• Favorability

• Natural Selection

• Darwinism

• Genetic Mutation

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Individuals in a population have differences.

• competition

• variation

• heredity

• survival of the fittest

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The organisms with the characteristics best for the environment survive and reproduce.

• competition

• variation

• heredity

• survival of the fittest

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