Question 1

Natural differences that occur in a trait

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Variation

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Extinction

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Gene

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Homogenous

Question 2

What is an example of selective breeding?

Accepted Answer

Pygmy goat

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Butterpeas

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Pocket mouse

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Brown goat

Question 3

Charles Darwin used DNA testing to confirm his theory of evolution.

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False

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True

Question 4

How did the pocket mouse survive on volcanic rock flows?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

A mutation in fur color occurred.

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The  mice with black fur became favored over the mice with tan fur.

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The black fur allowed them to blend into the rock.

Question 5

How did man influence natural selection of the dark Manchester moth population?

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The pollution from the industrial revolution made the trees dark.

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The moths that were dark died out.

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The light moths over produced.

Question 6

natural selection

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in nature

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artificial process

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from rocks

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man made

Question 7

Changes in a species over time

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Evolution

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Mutation

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Speciation

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Natural Selection

Question 8

Selective breeding=

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Man made

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Artifical

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In breeding

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Mutation

Question 9

Changes in a species that help those organisms survive in their environment

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Adaptation

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Extinction

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Evolution

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Change over time

Question 10

Preserved remains or physical evidence of an organism (bones, imprints, etc.)

Accepted Answer

Fossils

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Imprints

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Coal

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Bones

Question 11

Which is the most accurate form of dating fossils?

Accepted Answer

Absolute Dating

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Relative Dating

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Molding

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Extinction year

Question 12

What adaptations do fish have to help survive underwater?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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They have adapted fins that allow them to swim fast to escape predators.

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Their body color acts as camoflauge

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They have gills that filter Oxygen from the water.

Question 13

Which environment would this rabbit be best favored for?

Accepted Answer

Woodland Forest

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Water

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Tropical Rainforest

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Desert

Question 14

How do Camels survive in the desert?

Accepted Answer

They can store water in the humps on their backs.

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They can carry people across the desert

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They have a hump on their back

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They have long legs

Question 15

Random changes in an organism's genetic code/DNA

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Mutation

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Variation

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Evolution

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Ecology

Question 16

Which traits might a person want in a pet?

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All of the above

Answer

Fur that do not shed

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Can run fast

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Obedient

Question 17

If a plant/animal that is living today looks the same as their ancestors (according to the fossil records) then

Accepted Answer

Their adaptations from years before still help them survive now

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The environment never changes

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Plant/animals never age out

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The environment is exactly the same

Question 18

Selective breeding (inbreeding) can produce

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

Genetic defects

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New species

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Desired results

Question 19

Organisms with the best traits survive and pass those traits on to their offspring

Accepted Answer

Natural Selection

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Speciations

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Mutations

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Variations

Question 20

Why do these birds have different beaks?

Accepted Answer

They evolved based on their food source

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To feed their young

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They evolve to match their body types

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Man wanted them that way

Question 21

What is a vestigial structure?

Accepted Answer

A structure or organ that a species have but no longer needs.

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A bone

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A structure  that an animal  no longer needs.

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A mutated organ

Question 22

When/why did people first start selective breeding?

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Thousands of years ago when man started to grow crops for their own food.

Answer

When man wanted something different

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When man became equipped with tools.

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When man started eating animals.

Question 23

All organisms in a species die out

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Extinction

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Evolution

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Adaptation

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Evolved

Question 24

Structures (like bones) that are similar between many species

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Homologous Structures

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Vestigial Structures

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Heterogeneous Structures

Question 25

Which is not a vestigial structure?

Accepted Answer

Opposable thumbs

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Toes

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Appendix

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Body hair

Question 26

Species with favorable traits that live long enough to pass those traits to their offspring is called

Accepted Answer

Natural Selection

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Artificial Selection

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Speciation

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Adaptation

Question 27

Evolutionary biologist who proposed the theory of natural selection

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

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Charles Dorwin

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Albert Eienstein

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Bridget Nesmith

Question 28

What did Charles Darwin discover on his voyage to the Galapagos islands?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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finches without adapted breaks could not complete for food resources

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finch beak variations lead to survival of the fittest  on the different islands

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Finches beaks were adapted to their food source

Question 29

Which important factor is often not considered in selective breeding of animals?

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How the trait with effect the quality of life for that animal breed.

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How will they prosper from selective breeding?

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What is the selected trait used for.

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Do people want or need the animal with that trait.

Question 30

Relative dating tells us which species is youngest?

Accepted Answer

Fern

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Trilobite

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Coral

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Ammonite

Question 31

Which is NOT an example of selective breeding

Accepted Answer

pygmy goats

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Kiwi

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Bengal Tigers

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Seedless watermelon

Question 32

Why was the last "Ice age" so devastating?

Accepted Answer

Many species died

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The dinosaurs became extinct

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Flooding occurred when the ice melted

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Disease killed the animals

Question 33

How do variations/adaptations occur in natural selection?

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Mutations in DNA replication

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evolution

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inbreeding

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Cloning

Question 34

What does fossil records BEST tell us about horses?

Accepted Answer

It shows that horses of today are similar to ancient horses but they have changed over time.

Answer

They were are tall.

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They came from descendants of the dinosaur

Question 35

Relative dating tells us which species had the longest life span?

Accepted Answer

Gastropod

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Criniod

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Ammonite

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Fern

Question 36

What happens when a species becomes extinct?

Accepted Answer

All variations of that species die.

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Some of the species die out.

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The species move to another location

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The species move to another country.

Question 37

Which adaption is not needed for wolves survival?

Accepted Answer

Overpopulation

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Sharp teeth

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Good smell

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Living in a pack

Question 38

Which environment would this rabbit be least favored for?

Accepted Answer

Snow

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Woodland

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Tropical Rain Forest

Answer

Glacier

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