Evolution of Population

The same species lives in the same area and have different appearances. What term can be used to describe this?

• overpopulation

• population

• extinction

• variation

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Which statement is correct about the theory of evolution, which is a piece of scientific knowledge that explains that all organisms have one common ancestor?

• All scientists agree on the theory of evolution.

• It was and still is a highly debated topic among scientists.

• It was one of the fastest theories to form as evidence for it plentiful.

• All scientists choose to disprove the theory of evolution because most evidence does not support it.

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He developed the theory of evolution

• Linnaeus

• Lamarck

• Darwin

• Aristotle

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He believed that traits acquired during an organism’s lifetime could be passed onto offspring

• Linnaeus

• Lamarck

• Darwin

• Aristotle

_____ is referred to as survival of the fittest.

• natural selection

• mutating

• evolution

• adapting

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What animal characteristic did Darwin observe on the Galapagos Islands that caused him develop his theory of evolution?

• penguin feathers

• bird dances

• finch beaks

• iguana tails

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Variations are important in populations because they can lead to new

• species

• extinctions

• habitat loss

• populations

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Gradualism and punctuated equilibrium are both supported by evidence from the ____________________ record

• evolutionary

• fossil

• binomial nomenclature

• Darwin

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This model of evolution shows change over a relatively short period of time?

• gradualism

• skip-step evolution

• punctuated equilibrium

• evolution doesn't happen this way

Change over time

• evolution

• natural selection

• punctuated equilibrium

• variation

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