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A watermelon has more matter than a grape, so it has more

• mass

• eat

• solid

• greater

Liquid matter takes the shape of _______.

• a gas

• water

• a pet

• Its container

An element is made up of only one kind of _____.

• isotope

• plastic

• atom

• metal

Which is an inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment?

• adaptation

• camouflage

• natural selection

• variation

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Wisdom teeth have no purpose and are often removed to make room for the other teeth. Wisdom teeth are

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• analogous structures

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Why do woodpeckers have long beaks to dig into trees for insects?

• As insects became more common, birds that ate more insects grew longer beaks.

• The long beak is an adaptation that helps the bird eat more insects.

• A harmful mutation occured.

• The long beak helps woodpeckers fight off predators.

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How can plate tectonics contribute to evolution?

• Separating plates can divide groups of a population.

• Radition from plate tectonics can cause genetic change.

• Volcanic eruptions can cause species to become extinct.

• The movement of plates forces some animals underground.  

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Extinction

• Artifical Selection

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Behavior

• Environment

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Select the Causes for Evolution

• Migrations

• Mutations

• DNA Comparison

• Genetic Drift

• Natural Selection

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