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Grade 9 Evolution
Which of these is a classification group with biological meaning?
  1. evolutionary
  2. clade
  3. taxon
  4. genera
Grade 9 Evolution
One important way that scientists categorize information when organizing diversity is by
  1. DNA type.
  2. types of species.
  3. keeping records in the computer.
  4. how long ago certain organisms shared a common ancestor.
Grade 9 Evolution
How can gene pools change?
  1. new better adapted species, mutations, non-random mating.
  2. over predation
  3. lack of resources
  4. Not enough human intervention
Grade 9 Evolution
Who was the British naturalist who published "On the Origin of Species"?
  1. Charles Darwin
  2. Charles Lyell
  3. Thomas Huxley
  4. James Hutton
Grade 9 Evolution
What tends to change or evolve over several generations?
  1. ecosystems
  2. populations
  3. orders
  4. kingdoms
Grade 9 Evolution
What is a species?
  1. formation of a new species
  2. two or more species reproducing at one time
  3. evolution of a preexisting group of individuals
  4. a group of potentially interbreeding individuals
Grade 9 Evolution
Similar genes are evidence of
  1. binomial nomenclature.
  2. mutations.
  3. common ancestry.
  4. different anatomy.
Grade 9 Evolution
Which of these are the mechanisms for natural selection?
  1. Without checks like prey, populations would increase.
  2. Natural resources are abundant.
  3. Most populations are stable in size, except for season changes.
  4. Two organisms are always alike.
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