Natural Selection

Mutations that _______ species survive over time and are passed down.

• help

• destroy

• mutate

• age

Natural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn't

• nature
• humans
• animals
• years

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

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

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

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA
• tRNA
• genotype
• phenotype

The goal of every species on earth is...

• to survive and reproduce 
• divide and conquer 
• survive and conquer 
• reproduce and die 

This scientist stated that by using or not using a certain body part, organisms could change in their lifetime and that the trait gained would be passed down to their offspring.

• James Hutton
• Charles Lyell
• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
• Thomas Malthus

Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure in humans?

• Fingers

• Small Intestines

• Wisdom teeth

• Bile

Which of the following would be an example of homologous structures?

• Wings

• Humerus (upper arm bone)

• Fins

• Eyes

Which of the following would be an example of convergent evolution?

• Fin shape

• Wisdom teeth

• Appendix

• Femur (upper leg bone)