Evolution/Natural Selection

Natural selection is _________.

• the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

• the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

• summarizes a hypothesis or group of hypotheses that have been supported with repeated testing.

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Who developed the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection?

• Charles Darwin

• Robert Hooke

• Louis Pasteur

• Dwayne Johnson

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What animals did Charles Darwin study while in the Galapagos Islands?

• Tortoise

• Finches

• Iguanas

• Hippos

• Polar Bears

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A relative who lived in the past.

• Charles Darwin
• Speciation
• Ancestor
• Descendant

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A trait passed from parent to offspring through DNA.

• Natural Resources
• Survival of the Fittest
• Genetic variation
• Genetic trait

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Differences among individuals in the composition of their genes or other DNA segments.

• Natural Selection
• Derived traits
• Genetic Variation
• Adaptation

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Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest.

• Extinction

• Speciation

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

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I traveled around the world on the HMS Beagle in 1831 in search of answers.

• Reginald Punnett
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin
• Alfred Hitchcock 

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What does this image represent? 

• Evolution 
• Natural Selection 
• Lunch 
• Selective Breeding 

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The process by which organisms with favorable traits survive and reproduce at a higher rate

• Natural Selection 
• Adaptation 
• Evolution 
• Speciation 

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