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2. 1 - $100 Why are tigers and lions two different species?
The offspring of a lion and tiger cannot have their own offspring.

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Type of food available to eat

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Fossils of trilobites show that these organisms changed slowly throughout history. What is this rate of evolution called?
Gradualism

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Why are bird wings and reptile forelegs evidence of evolution?
They are homologous structures which indicates a common ancestor.

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What did Hutton and Lyell hypothesize about the rate of evolution?
Geological processes happened gradually over time

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What is the best evidence of an evolutionary relationship between 2 organisms?
Similar DNA

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Species change over time by natural selection is the major idea presented in Darwin’s book called_______________
The Origin of Species

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Darwin thought that the plants and animals of the Galapagos Islands were similar to those of the coast of South America because ________
Their ancestors had migrated from S. America to the Galapagos Islands.

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What is most likely a consequence of the breakup of Pangea on the evolution of life on Earth?
Animal populations separated and adapted to new environments and evolved into new species.

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Why was the Cambrian Explosion significant to evolution of life on Earth?
It is evidence of punctuated equilibrium and led to diversity of ancestors of most animal groups.

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Formation of a new species is called ______.
Speciation

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Natural Selection is one mechanism of ________
Evolution

14. 3 - $300 How do fossils show evidence of evolution?
They show that ancient species are similar to current species.

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Lamarck thought that individuals could acquire _______ during their lifetimes and pass the adaptations to their offspring.
Traits

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__________ and ________ are both thought to have evolved through the process of endosymbiosis.
Chloroplast and mitochondria

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The presence of a characteristic that has no apparent function is called ______.
Vestigial Structure

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Evolution

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A trait that allows organisms to survive and reproduce better than others without the trait in a specific environment is _____________.
Adaptation

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If fossils show that an Archaeopteryx has feathers like a bird and teeth and claws like a reptile, we can conclude that __________ and ________ have a common ancestor.
Birds, reptiles

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What type of structures suggest that two organisms evolved independently because of the differences between structures?
Analogous structures

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When two populations become reproductively isolated, it is called ____________
Speciation

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Evolution is a genetic change in ________
Species

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The presence of pelvic bones in whales give evidence that the whale’s ancestors had….
Hind limbs and could walk

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Two organisms with similar amino acid sequences is evidence of a common ________.
Ancestor

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Human hemoglobin is more similar to chimp hemoglobin than mouse hemoglobin is what type of evidence of evolution?
Biochemical

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