Natural Selection, Artificial Selection, Fossil Records, Evidence of Evolution, Kingdoms

In terms of evolution, fitness means:

• surviving and passing traits to offspring

• running a marathon

• maintaing the proper weight and eating right

• survival only

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All mutations are negative impacts

• true

• false

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The process by which organisms with variations most suited to their local environment survive and leave more offspring.

• Artificial Selection

• Natural Selection

• Speciation

• Genetics

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The fossil record shows evidence for evolution.

• true

• false

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Antibiotic resistance is evidence of evolution.

• true

• false

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Populations of insecticide resistant insects are the result of the process of _______

• isolation

• genetic selection

• artificial selection

• natural selection

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Evolution is the descent with modification of different lineages from common ancestors.

• true

• false

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In evolution, you can make predictions of the frequencies of certain genesotypes in you know the frequency of other genotypes.

• false

• true

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Individual organisms evolve over time.

• false

• true

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An inherited characteristic that increases an organisms ability to survive and reproduce in its specific environment is called a(n)

• vestigial structure

• speciation

• adaptation

• analogous structure

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