Evolution & Natural Selection

A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

• Ancestor
• Adaptation
• Descendant
• Fossil

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English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882).

• Darwin
• Wallace
• Linnaeus
• Lamarck

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The information provided by fossils about the Earth's history.

• Fossil Record
• Extinction
• Evolution
• Genetic Variation

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Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called natural selection.

• Survival of the Fittest
• Extinction
• Derived trait
• Artificial Selection

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Which of the following means "change over time"

• natural selection
• speciation
• evolution
• isolation

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___ are mistakes in the DNA that cause variation within a species.

• mutations
• adaptations
• speciations
• isolations

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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 speed of a species

• Hair color and eye color

• Attractive features.

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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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 trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth
• Light moth
• Both will be equally successful
• Neither will be successful

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