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- Q1group of closely related organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspringpopulationspeciesbiodiversityevolution30s
- Q2the process why which Earth’s life changes over time through changes in the genes of a populationbiodiverstitybiological evolutionchemical evolutionspecies diversity30s
- Q3through a constant struggle for survival some individuals have traits that allow them to live longer than others and reproduce; overtime more and more individuals will exhibit the ‘useful’ traits eventually shifting the genetic characteristics of the whole populationartificial selectionspeciationevolutionnatural selection30s
- Q4Which scientist(s) came up with the Theory of Evolution by Natural SelectionBoth Darwin and WallaceIzaac NewtonAlfred WallaceCharles Darwin30s
- Q5mineralized or petrified remains of organisms preserved in rockfossils30s
- Q6Current fossil record (all fossils ever found) represent only about_______of all life that has existed on Earth1%50%15%99.9%30s
- Q7The genetic make- up of a population can change over time throughspeciatonnatural selectionbiodiversitygenetic engineering30s
- Q8heritable trait that allows organisms to better survive in their current ecosystemadaptation30s
- Q9all individuals of a species are genetically unique; luck of the draw as far as which traits one has and which are useful for survivaladapationsevolutionmutationgenetic variation30s
- Q10random changes in the structure of DNA usually occurring when DNA is copied during cell divisionmutationadaptationgenetic variationspeciation30s
- Q11Earth’s crust (and upper mantel) is divided into large irregular chunks called___________________________ which slowly move atop the Earth’s mantelcontinentstelopathic platesTectonic platesPangea30s
- Q12Which is NOT one of the effects of Geologic process on species?collision of asteriod with Earth changes the habitat and weather of the area causing species to move or die.Allowed for species to move between continents giving the opportunity to adapt to new environments and form into new specieslocation of continents and oceanic basins which in turn affect’s Earth’s climateCause earthquakes and volcanoes30s
- Q13Earth’s global climate has changed many times throughout the past 4.6 BYfalseunknowntrue30s
- Q14cause wide-spread desctruction or ecosystems and often wipe out large numbers of speciesgeologic processescatastrophiesclimate changehumans30s
- Q15Last major catastrophe was ______________________years ago – large asteroid struck Earth causing wide-spread extinction of dinosaurs ect.13 million200065 million2 billion30s