Natural Selection

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Which organisms are most likely to survive?

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the best adapted

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment? Options: Dark moth, Light moth, Both will be equally successful, Neither will be successful

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Dark moth

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The differences between the wings of moths of the same species is an example of ________________.

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Variation

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Which of the following explains adaptation?

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Beneficial traits allow organism to survive and pass on those traits

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How does evolution work?

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small changes pass down through many generations

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What do mutations bring about?

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genetic variation needed for a population to evolve

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What is another name for natural selection?

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survival of the fittest

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Natural selection results in change in a population's _____________ traits over time.

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inherited

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Charles Darwin observed that finches of different species on the Galápagos Islands have many similar physical characteristics. What does this observation support?

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descended from a common ancestor.

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What is the process where animals live or die based on their adaptations to their environment.

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Natural Selection