Natural Selection Test Review

Misc.

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What are the solidified remains of once living organisms called?

Fossils

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A tiger moving slowly and quietly stalking prey is an example of what?

Behavioral Adaptation

3

A hooked beak of a hawk is designed to help it tear meat off its prey. What is this an example of?

Physical Adaptation

4

When specific traits are chosen by humans, not nature is what?

Artificial Selection or Selective Breeding

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Who are the three scientists' that helped Darwin create his Theory of Natural Selection?

Malthus, LaMarck, and Lyell

Theory of Evolution

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The process by which populations of organisms acuumulate or gather changes over time

Evolution

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What place helped Darwin form is theory of evolution the msot?

Galapagos Islands

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A characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment

Adaptation

4

According to scientists, approximately, how old is the Earth?

4.6 billions years

5

What are the 5 pieces of evidence that support the theory of evolution?

Fossils, Vestigial Structures, DNA, Similar Embryonic Structures, Similar Skeletal Structures

Natural Selection

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The process by which organisms with favorable traits survive and reproduce at a higher rate than organisms without favorable traits

Natural Selection

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A disease coming over a population where organisms are immune to the disease and others get sick and die is what step of natural selection?

struggle to survive

3

After the fast rabbits survive from being eaten by hawks, they reproduce fast offspring as well is what step of natural selection

successful reproduction

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Out of all the offspring that have been born, some were born with mutations that make them better adapt for their environment is what step of natural selection?

Genetic Variation

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Thousands and thousands of clown fish offspring being bron in the same area is what step of natural selection

Overproduction

Vocab

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What is this vocab word: The remnant of a once-useful anatomical structure

Vestigial Structure

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The period of time between birth of one generation and the birth of the next generation

Generation Time

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The process by which two populations of the same species become different and cannot interbreed

Speciation

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A change in an organism's DNA such as deletion, insertion, or substitution

Mutation

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The ability to survive and reproduce

Fitness

Speciation

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Land forms isolating populations is which step of speciaiton?

Separation

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Populations adapting to their new environment is which step of speciation

Adaptation

3

Populations can no longer interbreed is which step of speciation

Division

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What is NOT an example of a population being separated for speciation?

a. mountain range being built

b. canyon forming

c. land masses drifting apart

d. birds migrating south for the winter

D. birds migrating south for the winter

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What species did Darwin observe that shows evidence of speciation?

Finches