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Match each definition or phrase in the first column with the phrase in the second column. Column A 1. What did Darwin infer from his observations of organism in South America and the Galapagos Islands?: What did Darwin infer from his observations of organism in South America and the Galapagos Islands? 2. Which of these illustrates the impact of continental drift on the formation of new species?: Which of these illustrates the impact of continental drift on the formation of new species? 3. Term that refers to similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor.: Term that refers to similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor. 4. What is the role of genes in evolution?: What is the role of genes in evolution? 5. How does natural selection lead to evolution?: How does natural selection lead to evolution? 6. Preserved remains or imprints of long dead organisms.: Preserved remains or imprints of long dead organisms. Column B a.What are homologous structures? b.A few different plant and animal species had come to the from the mainland. c.Most mammals in Australia are marsupials, but few marsupials exist on other continents. d.What is a fossil? e.Helpful traits accumulate among surviving members of the species. f.Only traits that are controlled by genes can be acted on by natural selection.

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Here are the matched definitions from Column A and phrases from Column B:

  1. What did Darwin infer from his observations of organisms in South America and the Galapagos Islands?
    b. A few different plant and animal species had come to the from the mainland.

  2. Which of these illustrates the impact of continental drift on the formation of new species?
    c. Most mammals in Australia are marsupials, but few marsupials exist on other continents.

  3. Term that refers to similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor.
    a. What are homologous structures?

  4. What is the role of genes in evolution?
    f. Only traits that are controlled by genes can be acted on by natural selection.

  5. How does natural selection lead to evolution?
    e. Helpful traits accumulate among surviving members of the species.

  6. Preserved remains or imprints of long dead organisms.
    d. What is a fossil?