Understanding Evolution and Natural Selection

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Evolution occurs because a changing environment pushes organisms to evolve.

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Evolution occurs, because organisms with favorable inherited traits (genes) can survive in the changing environment.

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Natural selection involves organisms 'trying' to adapt.

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Genetic adaptation is entirely outside of the power of the developing organism and occurs across populations over time.

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A theory is a guess.

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A theory is a well substantiated idea that explains aspects of the natural world.

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Evolution has never been observed.

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Evolution is a change in the gene pool over time. Examples of visible include, but are not limited to, insects developing resistance to pesticides or bacteria developing resistance to antibiotics.

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Evolution is a theory about the origin of life.

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Evolution primarily deals with the way life has changed after its origin.

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Extinction happened a long ago.

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The rate of extinction has increased in the past few centuries.