Natural Selection Review

What is Charles Darwin known for?

• theory of evolution
• theory of artificial selection
• theory of quantum mechanics 
• theory of adaptations 

What observations did Darwin make about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

• Different species of finches lived on different islands 
• all the finches were identical to each other 
• all the finches were the same color 
• all the finches had the same size beaks 

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According to the fossils Darwin found, how old must Earth be? 

• fairly young 
• less than 6,000 years old
• much more than 6,000 years old 
• the fossils he found did not indicate how old Earth was 

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When humans select which variations are useful or better it is known as:

• natural selection
• artificial selection
• Darwin selection
• the Linnaeus method 

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When farmers breed cattle so that their herd produces a large amount of milk. This is an example of:

• artificial selection
• natural selection 
• extinction
• variations 

Organisms with favorable variations survive, reproduce, and pass their variations to the next generation according to:

• the theory of evolution
• the theory of natural selection
• the theory of artificial selection 
• Lamarck's theory 

Natural selection results in change over time by acting on traits that are ___________________.

• heritable 
• desirable 
• homologous
• vestigial 

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The feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment is a/an:

• adaptation 
• fitness
• homologous structure
• analogous structure 

Which is an example of an adaptation?

• having white fur in a snowy environment 
• a frog's long tongue to catch food 
• all of these choices are adaptations
• a turtle's hard shell 

Animals that are adapted to their environment are  _______________  to survive and produce more offspring.  

• less likely
• more likely 
• NOT going 

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