Unit 5: Diversity of Life Review

What does evolution mean?

• quickly

• change

• slow

• remain the same

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Who was named the "Father of Evolution?"

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Mary Treat

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• Charles Darwin

On what ship did Charles Darwin travel?

• HMS Beagle

• USS Nature

• LMS Finch

• The Mayflower

What was Charles Darwin's job while traveling on the ship?

• Captain

• Vet

• Naturalist

• Botanist

On what islands did Charles Darwin study?

• Pagos Islands

• Green Islands

• Galapagos Islands

• Finch Islands

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The process by which species naturally adapt to fit their environment over time is called ______.

• artificial selection

• natural changing

• rapid selection

• natural selection

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Natural Selection is also sometimes called "Survival of the _______"

• Best

• Fittest

• Fastest

• Strongest

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

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

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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

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