Chapter 6 Lesson 2 Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

• Albert Einstein
• Charles Darwin
• Charles Barkley
• Isaac Newton

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The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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To adjust to a changing environment

• Mutation
• Adapt

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Another word for adapt is ____________.

• change
• create

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 
• Variation 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection 

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When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

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The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

• Species
• Environmental Change
• Adaptation
• Variation

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Remains of ancient organisms are called

• Extinctions
• Fossils
• Mutations
• Variations

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What is this an example of?

• diversity of species
• variation
• vestigial structures
• DNA studies

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