Evidence for Evolution: Practice and Darwin vs Lamarck

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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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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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_____ is referred to as survival of the fittest.

• natural selection

• mutating

• evolution

• adapting

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The theory of _____ states that organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• evolution

• natural selection

• acquired characteristics

• mutation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Change over time

• evolution

• natural selection

• punctuated equilibrium

• variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Organisms that have the most DNA sequences in common

• have the same number of legs

• Are the least related

• are randomly distributed

• Are the most related

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A structure that serves the same purpose, but is not made in the same way is called

• a vestigial structure

• a homologous structure

• an analogous Structure

• a pheryngial structure

A body part in one organism that is similar in function with the body part of another is called a

• homologous structure

• analagous structure

• vestigial structure

• Pharyngial pouch

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A body part that is not used or not working by a modern organism but which was needed by its ancestors is called a

• Homologous structure

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Pharyngeal Pouch