Natural Selection / Evolution

Which is not an example of an adaptation?

• A bird's beak allows it to crack open hard nuts.
• A zebra's stripes allow it to confuse its predators.
• A frog's large hind legs allow it to jump from danger.
• A cat sleeps on the sofa to avoid the vacuum cleaner.

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What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution?

• Lamarck
• Einstein
• Washington
• Darwin

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What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.
• To be able to eat different types of food.
• To fly faster.
• To confuse scientists. 

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they look cooler.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?

• individual
• population
• species
• fossil

Evolution means...

• Change over time in a population.
• That everything is the same.
• That organisms never change.
• Negative traits are acquired in populations.

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Which animals and features did Darwin study on his journey to the Galapagos Islands?

• Finches' wings and alligators' tails
• Lizards' claws and finches' beaks.
• Lizards' claws and finches' wings
• The camels' eyes and penguins' teeth.

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Survival of the Fittest and the theory of evolution are attributed what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Jean Baptiste de Lamark
• Isaac Newton

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What is it called when better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to their offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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Some lizards have different size legs.  Lizards with longer legs are able to better access food. Over time, lizards with short legs became less common.
What is the successful adaptation?

• Lizards
• Long legs
• Food
• Leg sizes

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