Natural Selection

An organism's appearance or other observable characteristics:

• phenotype
• recessive
• genotype
• dominant

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An organism's genetic make-up:

• phenotype
• recessive
• genotype
• dominant

The founder of modern evolution theory is considered to be _____.

• Charles Darwin
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Lyell
• Alec Jefferies

Natural selection can best be defined as the _____.

• survival of the biggest and strongest in a population
• survival and reproduction of those in the largest area
• elimination of the smallest organism by the biggest
• survival and reproduction of those that are best adapted

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Darwin conducted much of his research on

• the Samoan Islands
• the Hawaiian Islands
• Catalina Island
• the Galapagos Islands

Which of the following is evidence for evolution?

• vestigial structures
• Embryology
• homologous structures
• all of these

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What are the evidences for Evolution?

• Fossil Records
• Embryology
• Similar body structure
• All the above

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When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artificial Selection

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What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.
• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
• To protect itself against predators.
• To protect itself against prey.

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The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

• The inherited traits of a population.
• The acquired traits of a population.
• Hair color and eye color
• Attractive features.

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