Darwin's theory of natural selection

What is Darwin's last name?

• Darwin

• Johnson

• Thompson

• Charles

When Darwin arrived at the Galapagos Islands, what did he find? (choose the best answer)

• different varieties of animals

• pikachus

• birds

• native Americans

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Damascene Goat routinely wins "Most Beautiful Goat in the World" in Middle Eastern goat competitions. These goats have been selectively bred for extremely short, snubbed noses and undershot jaws, much like the modern English Bulldog. What is this an example of?

• Natural selection

• Artificial selection

• Human selection

• Genetic selection

Our ancestral farmers noticed that not all corn plants grew the same. Some plants produced better tasting corn, larger corn, and etc. They took the plants that had the more desirable traits and bred them to produce today's modern corn. Which one of these terms describe this?

• Natural selection

• Artificial Selection

• Human selection

• Genetic selection

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who is Charles darwin

• starbucks owner
• a bird
• a christian
• a naturalist

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The economist Thomas Malthus suggested that

• in the human population, people die faster than babies are born.
• without certain checks on population size, there would soon be insufficient food for the growing human population.
• in the 1700s, England needed more housing.
• the majority of a species’ offspring die.

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Darwin realized that the economist Malthus’s theory of population control 

• applied only to humans.
•  could be generalized to any population of organisms.
• could be generalized only when populations lived in crowded conditions.
• explained why the number of deaths exceeded that of births.

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According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, individuals who survive are the ones best adapted for their environment. Their survival is due to the 

• possession of adaptations developed through use.
•  possession of inherited adaptations that maximize fitness.
• lack of competition within the species.
• choices made by plant and animal breeders.

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Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection explains each of the following EXCEPT how 

• species can become extinct.
• inherited traits are passed from parent to offspring
• species descend from common ancestors. 
• evolution takes place in the natural world.

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Some people are taller than others. Which word describes this?

• Variation

• Heritability

• Overproduction

• Reproductive Advantage

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