Natural Selection & Selective Breeding

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What is the purpose of all species including the Ground Finches of Galapagos Island?

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A species adapts to survive long enough to reproduce.

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What adaptation prevented moths from being eaten by birds in a polluted environment?

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Camouflage coloring.

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What is Selective Breeding?

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A process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits.

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What is a mutation?

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A change in the DNA sequence.

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What is an example of an adaptation in dark colored moths on dark colored trees?

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An adaptation.

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What is Natural Selection?

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The process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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What is the role of variation in Natural Selection?

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Variation provides the raw material for natural selection to act upon.

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How does selective breeding differ from natural selection?

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Selective breeding is human-directed, while natural selection is a natural process.

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What is an example of a trait that might be selected for in selective breeding?

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Size, color, or disease resistance.

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What is the significance of the Galapagos Islands in the study of evolution?

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They are home to unique species that helped Charles Darwin develop his theory of evolution.