Chapter 6: Evolution

A species is

• a group of similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring

• all the individuals in an ecosystem

• a group of fish found in a pond

• all humans

Who came up with the hypothesis for natural selection?

• Galileo Galliei

• Niels Bohr

• Charles Darwin

• Carolus Linneaus

The preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past are

• species

• fossils

• dinosaurs

• finches

The HMS Beagle took Darwin around the world and to the

• Alaska

• Australia

• Hawaii

• Galapagos Islands

Beak shape and size in finches are an example of

• adaptations

• fossils

• species

• barriers

The process of change over time is

• selection

• evolution

• DNA

• Darwin

A scientific theory is

• a well-tested concept that explains observations

• a law

• already proven true

• a myth

"Survival of the fittest" refers to

• overproduction

• variation

• natural selection

• protein synthesis

When species produce more offspring than there are resources it is called

• overproduction

• variation

• selection

• evolution

Any changes in the individuals of a species are called

• variations

• selections

• survival

• theories