evolution

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Change over time...

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Evolution

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Charles Darwin came up with this theory

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Natural Selection

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To adjust to a changing environment

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Adapt

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

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increase in number

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Adapt

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Change

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Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection? Options: People selectively breeding hamsters., Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides., Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics., Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.

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People selectively breeding hamsters.

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What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands? Options: Their feathers, Genotypes, Their beaks, Their body sizes

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Their beaks

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Term for the process by which individuals better suited to the environment survive and reproduce, passing down their genes.

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Natural Selection

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Which species’ DNA is most similar to the DNA of the toothed whale? Options: Hippopotamus, Baleen Whale, Grazing Mammals, Camels

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Baleen Whale

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How did the environmental changes during the Industrial Revolution in Manchester, England, affect peppered moths?

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Natural selection favored moths with dark wings because predators could not see them on the soot-colored trees.