Natural & Artificial Selection

The change that occurs over long periods of time in the characteristics and diversity of organisms

• natural selection

• artificial selection

• evolution

• acquired characteristics

The theory that organisms acquire traits during their lifetimes that help them adapt to their environments

• theory of natural selection

• artificial selection

• evolution

• theory of acquired characteristics

The theory proposes that variability exists in a population and that the environment acts on this variation so that only the most fit individuals survive and reproduce

• theory of natural selection

• artificial selection

• evolution

• theory of acquired characteristics

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The breeding of organisms for a specific and desirable trait

• natural selection

• artificial selection

• evolution

• acquired characteristics

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What is this an example of?

• theory of natural selection

• theory of acquired characteristics

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What is this an example of?

• theory of natural selection

• theory of acquired characteristics

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What is "survival of the fittest"?

• Being the strongest

• Being able to survive and produce offspring

• Being the smartest

• Being able to collect as much resources as possible

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Inherited characteristics that increase an organism's chance of survival, or beneficial inherited variations

• acquired characteristics

• genes

• adaptations

• mutations

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When nature selects and species with beneficial adaptation survive and produce offspring

• natural selection

• artificial selection

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When humans select desirable traits to be passed down to offspring

• natural selection

• artificial selection

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