Change Over Time

Which item below would INCREASE the chances of making a fossil?

• Soft body parts

• Buried Right Away

• Left Exposed

• Lots of Scavenger Activity

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The process in which rock is broken down into

smaller pieces is –

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• compaction

Which of the following ARE examples of evidence of evolution? (Choose all that apply)

• The fossil record

• Geographic distribution of living things

• Homologous body structures

• Similarities in early development

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Over time, this results in changes in inherited characteristics of a population. These changes increase a species fitness in its environment

• Descent

• Natural Selection

• Natural Variation

• Artificial Selection

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Species ____________ over time

• Change

• Reproduce

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When nature provides the variation among different organisms, and humans select those variations they find useful

• Natural variation

• Artificial selection

• Struggle for existence

• Survival of the fittest

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Where some of the individuals are better suited for the environment.

• Natural variation

• Artificial selection

• Struggle for existence

• Survival of the fittest

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The differences among individuals of a species

• Natural variation

• Artificial selection

• Struggle for existence

• Survival of the fittest

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Which scientist gave Darwin the drive to publish his finding?

• James Hutton

• Charles Lyell

• Lamareck

• Thomas Malthus

• Russel Wallace

Which of the following processes is an example of change over time in a species due to environmental pressures?

• Mutation

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Flow

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