Biodiversity and Evolution

A. The earth is relatively young.

B. Each organism is specially created.

C. Species are related by common descent.

D. A mix of fossils in a region indicates that a local catastrophe occurred.

A. the chance to survive

B. the chance to reproduce

C. the chance to survive & reproduce

D. none of the above

A. the change of populations through time

B. the change of organisms from simple to complex

C. the development of man from monkey-life ancestors

D. the development of characteristics in response to need

A. Relative dating

B. carbon-14 dating

C. geologic time scale

D. fossil records

A. Members of a population will compete.

B. Populations tend to reproduce in small numbers.

C. Members of a population have heritable variations.

D. Some members of a population have adaptive traits.