Human Adaptation and Natural Selection

Human Adaptation and Natural Selection

April 27th, 2021 & May 4th, 2021

We will be on this topic for 2 weeks

Please pay attention as it all builds on each other.

Multiple Choice

Biological evolution is...

• Any change in the heritable traits within a population across generations.

• A field of study where one studies weather.

• The study of rock strata.

Multiple Choice

What is evolution?

• change over time

• a feature in Pokemon Go

• when the same characteristics appear throughout the years

Multiple Choice

Over time, adaptions can lead populations to experience 

• environmental changes
• genetic changes
• geological changes
• extinction

Multiple Choice

A remnant or trace of an organism from the past is called a _______.

• Ancestor
• Skeleton
• Fossil
• Imprints

Multiple Choice

Who is the father of evolution?

• Darwin

• Mendel

• Newton

• Einstein

Multiple Select

Biological fitness is the ability to:

• Survive

• Reproduce

• Die

• Learn

Multiple Choice

To adjust to a changing environment

• Mutation

• Adapt

Multiple Choice

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers
• Near the bottom of the rock layers
• In the middle of the rock layers
• Somewhat near the surface

Multiple Choice

Which of these describes a species that has become extinct?

• fewer members of the species are dying than being born
• more members of the species are dying than being born
• very few members of a species are alive
• all members of a species have died

Multiple Choice

What word describes the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

• natural selection

• adaptation

• mutation

• genetic engineering

Multiple Choice

What word describes the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

• natural selection

• adaptation

• mutation

• genetic engineering

Multiple Choice

What is Evolution?

• When only people change.

• When people change from a monkey to a person.

• The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

• When animals change to a human.

Multiple Choice

Who was Charles Darwin?

• A man who liked birds.

• The man who studied natural selection and became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies.

• A doctor.

• A lawyer.

Multiple Select

Pangaea is a theory where all continents began as

• one big country

• one big continent

Multiple Choice

True or False.
The deeper you go into the earth, the greater the pressure. 

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

The ________is a layer of solid rock that includes both dry land and the ocean floor.

• Crust
• Mantle
• Core
• Lithosphere

Multiple Choice

The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

• The absolute age of rock layers

• The age of fossils

• The relative age of rock layers

• the super powers of squirrels

Multiple Choice

Survival and reproduction of organisms the are best suited in their environment

• natural selection

• extinction

Multiple Choice

Some members of a group may have _______________ that are slightly better than other traits that help them survive.

• options

• friends

• traits

• offspring

Multiple Choice

Which plant or animal has claws and a hard outer shell to help it survive?

• crab

• giraffe

• hawk

• butterfly

Multiple Choice

Which plant or animal has a long neck and camouflage to help it survive?

• crab

• cactus

• giraffe

• elephant

Any remaining questions?

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