Biodiversity

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

• The inherited traits of a population.
• The acquired traits of a population.
• Hair color and eye color
• Attractive features.

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What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

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Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• the best adapted
• the fastest
• the strongest
• the most domesticated (tamed)

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Which of the following means "genetic change over time"

• natural selection
• speciation
• evolution
• fitness

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Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

• Yes, they know they need to change to survive 
• No, they change because of natural selection

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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.
• variations.
• traits.
• theories.

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Natural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn't

• nature
• humans
• animals
• years

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When an organism is completely wiped out of existence, we call it?

• extinction
• adaptation
• evolution
• inbreeding

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