Fossil Evidence of Evolution

The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

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Mimicry

• The resemblance of one species to another species.

• Is a slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species.

• Is an inherited trait that increases the organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment.

• A person who studies plants and animals by observing them.

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Which fossil layer is the youngest? 

• A. Layer A
• B. Layer B
• C. Layer C
• D. Layer D

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What are fossils?

• Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

• Is the change over time in populations of related organisms

• A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

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Selective Breeding

• Is a slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species.

• Is an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment.

• The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics.

• The resemblance of one species to another species.

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What are trace fossils?

• A fossil copy of an organism in a rock

• Is the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism

• The impression of an organism

• Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth

If you are an archaeologist digging, you can assume which of the following according to relative-age dating?

• That a fossil found above another fossil is older

• That a fossil found below another fossil is older

• The exact time period that organism lived in

• The type of isotope found in the fossil

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Scientist study the ____________________ to learn about the history of life, past environments on Earth, and how different groups of organisms have changed over time.

• fossil record

• animal record

• historical record

• Earth record

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What is extinction?

• A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units

• Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

• The impression of an organism

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How do you "win" at natural selection?

• survive

• go extinct

• survive & reproduce

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