Natural Selection

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What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution? Options: Lamarck, Einstein, Washington, Darwin

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Darwin

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All rabbits living in a particular area would be an example of a(n)

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population

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"Survival of the Fittest" describes which theory? Options: a) natural selection, b) gravity, c) heredity, d) string theory

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natural selection

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What occurs during the process of natural selection?

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Only the fittest organisms can survive and reproduce

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What does the example of the peppered (brown) moths living near English industrial cities demonstrate?

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A change in an environment can result in the evolution of species living there

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

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Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)

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variation

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The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce is known as...

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Fitness

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Any variation that can help a species survive in a given environment is called...

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an adaptation

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When every organism of a species has died.

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Extinction