evolution

When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called what?

• Selective breeding

• Natural Selection

• Cloning

• Evolution of all species

Which scientist visited the Galapagos Islands and came up with the theory of natural selection?

• Theodor Schwann

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Rudolf Virchow

Scientists have collected millions of fossils of different organisms, and have developed a timeline of life on Earth. What do we call this?

• Mutation

• Natural Selection

• The theory of evolution

• Fossil Record

Gigantopithecus were very large primates that lived 500,000 years ago. Since none of these mammals are still today, they are said to be....

• Extinct

• Threatened

• Endangered

• Declining

A physical or behavioral trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment is called a what?

• An adaptation

• A response to a stimulus

• A mutation

• Evolution

When looking at two birds of the same species, you notice that one has darker feathers than the other one. You also notice that one has a beak that is just a little longer. These slight differences within members of the same species are called.....

• Fossils

• Extinction

• Meiosis

• Variations

What do we call a change in a species over time?

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Extinction

• Environmental influences

What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were different from the finches on the mainland?

• There were different types of predators on the island.

• There were different types of food available on the island.

• The finches had no water to drink.

• The finches on the mainland could not fly high enough.