Natural Selection

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Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

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Charles Darwin

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When every organism of a species has died.

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Extinction

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

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Natural Selection

Front

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

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To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

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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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Mutations are a change in what? Options: DNA, tRNA, genotype, phenotype

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DNA

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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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Which organisms are most likely to survive? Options: the best adapted, the fastest, the strongest, the most domesticated (tamed)

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the best adapted

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Almost all adaptations started off as?

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mutation

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Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

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No, they change because of natural selection