Evolution EOC

What is the purpose of a cladogram?

• To map the ancestral relationships and shared traits of different organisms.

• To trace the inherited traits of a single species over time.

• To check the likelihood of an offspring having a particular trait.

• To monitor mutations that arise among different populations.

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Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Barkley

• Isaac Newton

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  

• become extinct
  

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What is the human most closely related to?

• Fish

• mouse

• Salamander

• Human

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Which letter represents the most recent common ancestor of sponges and mushrooms?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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Which trait should go where A is on the cladogram?

• eyes

• feet

• lips

• hat

Which organism goes in the B position?

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To adjust to a changing environment

• Mutation

• Adapt

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 

• Variation 

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection 

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What is another name for natural selection?

• survival of the smartest

• survival of the fastest

• survival of the biggest

• survival of the fittest