Change Over Time

Which is a principle that states changes to the Earth have happen gradually throughout its history?

• Catastrophism

• Uniformitarianism

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In undisturbed rock layers, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top.

• Original Horizontality

• Cross-Cutting Relationships

• Unconformities

• Superposition

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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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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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Which scientific theory explains the gradual change of species over time through natural selection?

• Lamarckism

• Uniformitarianism

• Darwinism

• Catastrophism

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What is the term for the preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past, providing evidence for change over time?

• Fossils

• Artifacts

• Sediments

• Minerals

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Which process involves the change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations?

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Flow

• Evolution

• Mutation

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