Natural Selection

These cause variations.

• mutations
• adaptations
• a desire to change
• injuries

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The change over time in populations of related species.

• biological evolution
• transition
• variation
• adaptation

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A slight difference in an inherited trait between individual members of the same species.

• variations
• adapatations
• homologous structures
• analogous structures

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An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing.

• variation
• adaptation
• vestigial structure
• mutation

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When an organism of a species is born with a variation in a trait that gives it an advantage in its environment, we call that trait an adaptation.

• true
• false

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The English naturalist that developed the theory of how evolution works.

• Charles Darwin
• Charles M. Schulz
• Charles Dickens
• Charles Norris

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Evolution works by 

• individuals changing to suit their environment
• Individuals learned new traits and pass them on
• sudden change in the environment cause a species change 
• small changes pass down through many generations

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Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA
• tRNA
• genotype
• phenotype

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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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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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