5 - Evolution and Biodiversity
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Practice Questions
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What is evolution?
💡 Hint: Think about how species change over generations.
What is a fossil?
💡 Hint: Consider what you see in a museum.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What type of evidence does the fossil record provide?
💡 Hint: Remember how fossils tell the story of life over ages.
True or False: A homologous structure indicates that species do not share a common ancestor.
💡 Hint: Think about how different species can have similar bone structures.
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Given the evidence from molecular biology, how might researchers redefine a set of classified species based on new DNA data? Provide a detailed explanation.
💡 Hint: Think about how genetic closeness can suggest a shared lineage.
Explain how environmental changes trigger natural selection and provide an example through a case study in similar species adapting to such changes.
💡 Hint: Consider historical events and biological responses.
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