Natural Selection

Which is not an example of an adaptation?

• A bird's beak allows it to crack open hard nuts.
• A zebra's stripes allow it to confuse its predators.
• A frog's large hind legs allow it to jump from danger.
• A cat sleeps on the sofa to avoid the vacuum cleaner.

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What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution?

• Lamarck
• Einstein
• Washington
• Darwin

Changes in a body to fit a location.

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artificial Selection

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.
• To be able to eat different types of food.
• To fly faster.
• To confuse scientists. 

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they look cooler.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

Inherited variation means...

• an animal produces a large number of offspring.
• some individuals die from starvation, competition, disease or predation.
• individuals have different traits that can be passed on to their children.
• individuals best adapted to the environment have many offspring.

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Species have evolved into two different species when...

• the populations are separated geographically
• the populations look different
• the populations can no longer interbreed
• the populations adapt

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Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?

• individual
• population
• species
• fossil

Which of the following is an inherited trait.

• A parent learns how to do math.
• A bird has slightly longer wings.
• A dog is painted red
• A cow is branded on a farm.