Evolution

Change over time...

• Evolution

• Nucleotide 

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Charles Darwin came up with this theory 

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

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Natural selection results in change in a population's _____________ traits over time.

• inherited

• acquired

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Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop

• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve

• benefits for the individual, not for the population

• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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Which of the following is a key piece of evidence for human evolution?

• Ancient cave paintings

• Stone tools

• Fossilised human bones

• Old maps

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Which of the following is NOT a unique trait that evolved in humans?

• Bipedalism

• A large cranium

• Canine Teeth

• Use of tools

A population of bacteria becoming resistant after being exposed to antibiotics is an example of

• A. evolution.

• B. extinction.

• C. conservation biology.

• D. selective breeding.

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Which list of the processes of evolution is in the correct order?

• adaptation→mutation →variation→ natural selection

• mutation→natural selection →variation →adaptation

• mutation→variation →natural selection→adaptation

• variation→adaptation→mutation→natural selection

Bird migration in the spring is an example of

• A. a behavioral adaptation.

• B. a heterozygous cross.

• C. a homozygous cross.

• D. a structural adaptation.

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How are mutations and variation related?

• Mutations and variation are not related.

• Mutations are caused by variation.

• Mutations can cause variation.

• Mutations prevent variation.

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