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Refer to the leaf diagrams and the dichotomous key. What is the correct classification of Leaf E?

• Aesculus

• Horse Chestnut

• Eastern Red Cedar

• Sycamore

Some students collected leaf samples. The students used the leaf identification key shown below to identify a leaf sample.

Based on the identification key, which type of tree is this sample from?

• Ginkgo

• Honey locust

• Horse chestnut

• Black maple

A table of arachnid and insect characteristics is shown. Which characteristic could be used to distinguish between
arachnids and insects?

• Jointed legs

• Body segments

• Presence of eyes

• Presence of antennae

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The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution

• Nucleotide 

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

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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 characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

• Their feathers 

• Genotypes 

• Their beaks

• Their body sizes

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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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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Because humans like and choose them

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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

To adjust to a changing environment

• Mutation

• Adapt

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