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2.
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Finding similarities in body structures between organisms is due to ______________.

mutations

comparative anatomy

molecular studies

fossils
3.
Select 3 that apply.

What are three definitions of Evolution?

phylogenetic tree building

universal common descent

mechanism of change to higher life forms

change over time

extinct species coming to life
4.
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Scientists can tell how old a fossil is by ____________ .

radioactive dating

mutation

natural selection

molecular studies
5.
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Gene flow, a mechanism of evolution, works in populations not separated by _____.

radioactive dating

physical barriers

fossils

mutations
6.
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A theory characterized by long periods without change, interrupted, or punctuated, by periods of rapid change is _____.

geologic time scale

punctuated equilibrium

gradualism

genetic drift
7.
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A tree of life that displays how organisms are related to each other is a _____.

radioactive dating

molecular studies

phylogeny

comparative anatomy
8.
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Species that successfully adapt will evolve into another _____________.

prey

fossil

species

predator
9.
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Which of the following shows Darwin's theory of evolution in the correct order?

competition, survival of the fittest, overproduction

competition, overproduction, survival of the fittest

survival of the fittest, competition, overproduction

overproduction, competition, survival of the fittest
10.
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Looking at cells and DNA similarities is called __________________ and is part of the evidence for evolution.

comparative anatomy

molecular studies

phylogeny

radioactive dating
11.
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The ____________ states that the growth of an embryo in the womb (ontology) follows the organism's evolutionary history (phylogeny).

natural selection

genetic drift

Recapitulation Theory

evolution
12.
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A preserved life form from the past is a _________.

fossil

species

radioactivity

polyploidy
13.
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The process of evolution is driven by changes in the DNA called ________.

gradualism

speciation

mutations

genetic drift
14.
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Which of these statements defines speciation?

a species' or population's entire group of alleles

the theory that all evolution is slow and proceeds at a steady rate over a long period of time

evolutionary mechanism in which an individual from one population is introduced to another population

the process of forming a new species from an existing species
15.
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Who is credited as being the founder of the Theory of Evolution?

Aristotle

Alfred Wallace

Charles Darwin

Carl Sagan

Answer 1

2. comparative anatomy

3. universal common descent; mechanism of change to higher life forms; change over time

4. radioactive dating

5. physical barriers

6. punctuated equilibrium

7. phylogeny

8. species

9. overproduction, competition, survival of the fittest

10. molecular studies

11. Recapitulation Theory

12. fossil

13. mutations

14. the process of forming a new species from an existing species

15. Charles Darwin