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For each number, check the statement that is true.
1. ☐ Organisms are perfectly structured for their environment.
☐ Organisms have many traits that are not perfectly structured, but function well enough to give an organism a competitive advantage.
2. ☐ Natural selection favors the development of new traits.
☐ Natural selection often modifies existing structures but must work within the limits of what is available.
3. ☐ Evolution is climbing a ladder towards perfection.
☐ Evolution may cause the loss of beneficial or complex traits.
4. ☐ Some species and some genes remain largely unchanged over millions of years.
☐ Natural selection always favors change.
5. True or False? The process of natural selection can only work on structures that are in use.
☐ True.
☐ False.
6. ☐ Evolution is a theory, which is a well substantiated explanation for observable facts.
☐ Evolution is a theory, which means it is a guess.
7. ☐ In order to accept evolution as a valid explanation, you cannot believe in God.
☐ The theory of evolution and religion can be compatible.
8. ☐ The complexity of an organism determines the size of its genome.
☐ The complexity of an organism has no correlation with the size of its genome.
9. ☐ Humans are the ultimate achievement of evolution.
☐ Humans are less complex than other organisms in many ways.
10. ☐ Evolutionary patterns look like the branches on a tree.
☐ Evolution is linear.