1) according to Darwin's theory of evolution, how do new species evolve? a) by artifical selection b) by natural selection c) by unnatural selection 2) what is likely to happen to an individual that is poorly suited to it's environment? a) it will not survive to reproduce b) it will survive and produce lots of offspring c) it will become extinct 3) why do we have a good evolutionary record of the horse? a) lots of people like riding horses b) horses have eveolved from small dog like creatures c) the fossil record of the ancestors of the horse is complete 4) which of these waysdo not result in fossils a) organisms trapped in amber, tar pits or ice b) organisms sink into mud and produce casts c) minerals replace the soft parts of a creature 5) which is one of the reasons why Lamark's theory of evolution was discredited? a) it was earlier than Darwin's b) it could not explain why simple organisms continue on Earth c) it suggeted that aquired characteristics do not have a genetic basis 6) which of these will not cause a species to become extinct? a) a new disease b) a new predator c) a new food source 7) which individuals are most likely to reproduce? a) individuals well suited to the environmant b) individuals well poorly suited to the environmant c) individuals that have no immunity to new diseases 8) use darwins theory of evolution to put these statements in the correct order A=only best will survive B=less adapted will become extinct C= competition between organisms D= genes passed to offspring a) C B A D b) C A D B c) C D B A

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