Evolution and Natural Selection

What is evolution?

• The change of alleles in a population over time
• An animal turning into another animal to adapt to its environment
• someone's idea that doesn't have much evidence to support it
• the belief that people came from monkeys

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Preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past…..

• fossil
• picture
• dinosaur
• organelle

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When an organism is no longer in existence……..

• lost
• hibernation
• extinct
• found

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The man who proposed the theory of natural selection and evolution.

• Thomas Moore
• Gregor Mendel
• Neil Degrasse Tyson
• Charles Darwin

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A trait or characteristic that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce.

• extinction
• natural selection
• adaptation
• choice

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Fossils, similar body shape, and similar DNA are all evidence that evolution has taken place on our planet. What is the fourth piece of evidence?

• Similarities in hair color
• Similar interests
• Similarities in early development
• Similar hunting patterns

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What is a human cause of extinction?

• Global warming
• Outerspace collision
• Climate heating and cooling (ice age)
• Sea Level changes

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What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

• Their feathers 
• Their feet
• Their beaks
• Their body sizes

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The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

• Species
• Environmental Change
• Adaptation
• Variation

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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