Evolution

Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Lebron James

• Isaac Newton

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The gradual change in populations over time is...

• Evolution

• Nucleotide

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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

• Their feathers were identical.

• Genotypes were identical.

• Their beaks were different.

• Their body sizes were varied.

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When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called —

• Evolution

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

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When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

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Bats using echolocation to find food & frogs that have skin that allows them to breathe are examples of --

• Species

• Environmental Changes

• Adaptations

• Variations

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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What is a MAJOR 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 improve flight patterns

• To protect itself against prey.

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Remains of ancient organisms are called

• Extinctions
• Fossils
• Mutations
• Variations

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