Species Change Over Time

Those organisms with traits that help them to survive will have a better chance to _____.

• die

• be caught

• pass their traits to other generations

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A variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment is a(n) _____.

• population

• extinction

• adaptation

The dying out of an entire species is _____.

• adaptation

• mutation

• extinction

• variation

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Evidence used to support the theory of evolution includes fossils and homologous structures.

• true

• false

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The dodo bird was not able to adapt to its changing environment, therefore, no more dodo birds are living today. This is an example of:

• extinction

• overproduction

• adaptation

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What is the term for a group of organisms that can successfully reproduce among themselves?

• gaggle

• species

• posse

• tribe

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Following the industrial revolution when trees were covered with soot, which morph of moth would be most likely to survive?

• dark

• light speckled

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What bird, studied by Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, was used as evidence to support his theory of natural selection?

• flamingos

• ostriches

• finches

• canaries

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The gradual change in  a species over time is called

• mutation

• evolution

• migration

• variation

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Which structure is homologous to the human arm?

• fish's gill

• bird's bill

• insect's wing

• bat's wing

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