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- Q1Genetic variation leads topoorly adapted speciesnatural selectionworse speciesaging30s
- Q2Darwin's finches resembled birds from where?canadathe mainlandUSAaustralia30s
- Q3How are fossils dated?looking at the shapelooking at DNAanalyzing the atmospheric gassesmeasuring radioactive isotopes30s
- Q4Darwin concluded that all organisms came froma common ancestordifferent ancestorsbirdsspace30s
- Q5A similar structure but a different usemolecular adaptationhomologous structurenew adaptationsanalogous structure30s
- Q6Measuring the quantity of radioactive isotope left in a samplerock deteriorationnuclear fissionhalf-lifesuperposition30s
- Q7Interspecific and intraspecific are two types ofDNAcompetitionevolutionlocations30s
- Q8The remainder of what appears to be legs in the whaleRetrostructuresVestigial structureLeftoversDisappearing limbs30s
- Q9DNA, protein and amino acid similarities between species is this type of evolutionary evidencemolecularstructuralembryologicalbehavioral30s
- Q10The emu and ostrich have a lot of similarities. There is evidence of a ____________________ between them.catastrophecommon ancestorextinctionlost structure30s
- Q11Species that appear to be related should have similarbehaviorthoughtsDNAdiets30s
- Q12These structures are different but function similarly.AnalogousHomologous30s
- Q13The fittest and best adapted to an environment will produce more offspring. This is known asNatural selectionhomologous structuresfightingDNA reduction30s
- Q14The evolutionary evidence between early fish, bird, reptile, amphibian and humans shows common ancestrygeographical distributioncomparative anatomyfossilsComparative embryology30s
- Q15Darwin's finches had enough differences among them to make 13 different species. What environmental pressure caused the beaks to change?different food typesisland locationwater levelsthe presence of cats30s