Evolution Study Guide

Which era does the following globe represent?

• cenozoic

• mesozoic

• paleozoic

Which best explains why the birds evolved with differently shaped beaks?

• They interbred with each other.

• Some birds had defective gene pools.

• All of the birds ate the same type of food.

• They adapted to eating different types of food.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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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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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Evolution is

• the process by which a species stays the same

• the process by which a species dies off

• the process by which a species changes over time

• the process by which a species contracts a new disease

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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what are two pieces of evidence that different species have a common ancestor?

• similar DNA & Traits

• similar behavior & environment

• similar traits and feeding habits

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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Structures that have no apparent function and appear to be residual parts from a past ancestor (example: appendix in humans)

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence

• exactly the same DNA sequences

• no proteins in common

• completely different DNA sequence

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The hip bones in a whale are examples of

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• fossils

• vestigial structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The process in which populations gradually change over time is called: 

• Ecosystem

• Evolution

• Environment

• Extinct specie

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Natural selection is the process that passes down ____________________ traits.

• Same

• Old

• Useless

• Favorable

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