Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection?

People selectively breeding hamsters.

Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.

Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.

Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.

The environment around Manchester, England, changed during the Industrial Revolution. How did this change affect peppered moths living in the area?

Natural selection favored moths with dark wings because predators could not see them on the soot-colored trees.

Natural selection favored moths with white wings that were easy for predators to see.

Natural selection favored moths with white wings because predators could not see them on the soot-colored trees.

Natural selection caused moths with white wings to become extinct.

Two organisms that are closely related would have

completely different DNA sequence

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

Fossil D is older than fossil C

Fossil A and C are the same age

Fossil B is older than fossil C

Fossils A is older than fossil B

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Because they come from dominant alleles.

Because they come from recessive alleles.

Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

The opossum and kangaroo both incubate their young in a pouch. This provides evidence that they---

are descended from a common ancestor

Have very similar skeletal structures

must range great distances to eat

A graph regarding the effect of agricultural bioengineering on insect pests is shown below How has natural selection affected species of insect pests?

A. Natural selection has rapidly increased the number of species that are resistant to pesticides

A. Natural selection has not affected the number of species that are resistant to pesticides

A. Natural selection has only affected the number of species that are resistant to pesticides

The similarities of the bones in the diagram provide evidence that---

The organisms shown may have developed from a common ancestor

The organisms shown lived in the same natural envionrment

The organisms shown have the same genetic diseases

All vertebrate species have identical forelimbs

Embryology supports evolution by...

providing evidence to support that we evolved from a common ancestor

showing the progression of life

showing we all needed gills to live in the womb

showing evolution is a quick process

Evolution can be described as

Every member of a species dying

What is the meaning of the word "ancestor" in biology

An organism that another organism evolved from

What are the 5 important parts of Natural Selection?

Over production, variation, competition, survival of the fittest, inheritance

Over production, variation, similar structures, common ancestor, survival of the fittest

Survival of the fittest, competition, variation, inheritance, complex organisms

Inheritance, complex organisms, fossils, survival of the fittest, variation

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What is another name for natural selection?

survival of the smartest

survival of the fastest

survival of the biggest

survival of the fittest

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What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

homologous

vestigial

variation

adaptation

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When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called

evolution

extinction

adaptation

natural selection

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What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?

species

organism

embryology

vestigial

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What is this an example of?

diversity of species

variation

vestigial structures

DNA studies

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Which layer is the oldest?

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Predict which moth would increase in population

light

dark

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Living Environment: Evolution Review

What is another name for natural selection?

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called

What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?

What is this an example of?

Which layer is the oldest?

Predict which moth would increase in population

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection?

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?

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