Natural selection recap

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How do you "win" at natural selection?

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survive & reproduce

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Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist? Options: Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Steven Hawking, Isaac Newton

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Charles Darwin

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What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

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adaptation

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Natural Selection is driven by a change in the environment and survival of the...

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Fittest

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

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Natural Selection

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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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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

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The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

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Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

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No, they change because of natural selection

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Almost all adaptations started off as?

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mutation

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How could natural selection explain the rise of "SuperBugs" (bacteria that aren't affected by antibiotics)?

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Superbugs survive antibiotics and reproduce