BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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Chapter 17, Problem 2SA
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Evolution refers to the natural phenomenon in which living organisms modify and evolve themselves according to their needs and changing environment. Evolution in a proper manner helps the species to continue in the living world by giving better survival chances.
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Which is the best description of evolution?
A. Animals become more complex over time.
B. Plants become more complex over time.
C. Life changes over time.
D. Allele frequencies change in a population.
Which evolutionary pattern is represented by the similarities between these two organisms that live on separate continents?
a.) coevolution
b.) convergent evolution
c.) directional evolution
d.) divergent evolution
Which is true concerning how fossils are used as evidence?
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Fossils cannot be compared to one another but can be compared to living organisms.
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Fossils can be compared to one another but not to living organisms.
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Fossils cannot be compared to one another or to living organisms.
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BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
Ch. 17 - _________is the original source of new alleles. a....Ch. 17 - Prob. 2SACh. 17 - Match the modes of natural selection with their...Ch. 17 - Prob. 4SACh. 17 - The persistence of the sickle allele at high...Ch. 17 - Prob. 6SACh. 17 - Prob. 7SACh. 17 - Which of the following is not part of how we...Ch. 17 - Prob. 9SACh. 17 - Prob. 10SA
Ch. 17 - Prob. 11SACh. 17 - Prob. 12SACh. 17 - In evolutionary trees, each node represents an...Ch. 17 - Match the evolutionary concepts. ____gene flow a....Ch. 17 - The evolution of wings helped the insect clade to...Ch. 17 - Species have traditionally been characterized as...Ch. 17 - Rama the cama, a llama-camel hybrid, was born in...Ch. 17 - Two species of antelope, one from Africa, the...Ch. 17 - Prob. 4CT
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