Origin of Species

Father of Evolution, wrote origins of species and studied organisms from Galapagos to support his proposal that natural selection occurs.

• Hooke

• Darwin

• Lamarck

• Markiewicz

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Similar embryological development in different organisms indicating a common ancestry or evolutionary origin.

• Molecular Homology

• Morphology

• Adaptation

• Embryology

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Preserved remains or evidence of ancient organism.

• Vestigial Structure

• Fossils

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

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Serves no useful purpose in the modern organism but did in its ancestral form.

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous Structure

• Adaptation

Survival of the fittest. The organism that is best able to survive and passes on its genes in the gene pool.

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Law of Superposition

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Which statement is true of Natural Selection?

• It is the same process as artificial selection

• It is the mechanism of evolution

• Animal and plant breeders select desired traits to produce changes in a species

• It is a much shorter process than artificial selection

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Similarities in the structures of embryos of different species suggest what?

• that adults of those species look similar to each other

• that those species have the exact same genetic makeup

• that those species are distantly related

• that those species share a common ancestor

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Which of the following do some scientists believe shows evidence for evolution in a living species?

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• vestigial structures

• all of the above

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Scientists can tell whether organisms are closely related by comparing their________.

• hair color

• teeth

• DNA

• scientific names

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Which scientist is credited with the theory of natural selection as presented in 'On the Origin of Species'?

• A) Gregor Mendel

• B) Charles Darwin

• C) Alfred Russel Wallace

• D) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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