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Evolution worksheet

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Looking at evolution in detail, this thorough worksheet has complex questions requiring details and explanations of natural selection and diversity. Various examples of biological characteristics are available, and students choose the relevant theories they support from the multiple choice options. The second half of the worksheet gives examples of fossils, prompting learners to relate the evidence to theories regarding common ancestors, acquired characteristic, and evolutionary relationships.

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evolution, the theory of evolution

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evolution, common ancestors, evolutionary relationship, sedimentary strata, evolutionary histories, science
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10th - 12th
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