Evolution & Natural Selection Review

An adaptation can be defined as...

• A random change that occurs in the genetic makeup of an organism.

• The environment in which an organism lives.

• A characteristic that allows a population to survive while another population does not survive.

• The change in characteristics of a population from one generation to the next.

Which answer choice provides a correct definition for natural selection?

• A type of selective breeding where humans control how organisms mate.

• The process of two species evolving in response to a long-term interaction.

• The process where individuals or populations that have characteristics that make them better adapted to their environment survive.

• A change in characteristics among a population from one generation to the next.

Evolution is a change in a population, not an individual

• True

• False

For evolution to occur in a population, individuals with a trait that is "naturally selected" for must...

• Live a long time

• Be physically stronger than other populations

• Successfully reproduce

• Co-evolve

Individuals with favorable traits survive, reproduce, and pass their traits onto their offspring.  This is called

• Mutation
• Adaptation
• Evolution
• Natural Selection

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Natural selection as the mechanism for evolution was first proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

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Preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past…..

• fossil
• picture
• dinosaur
• animal

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When an organism is no longer in existence……..

• lost
• hibernation
• extinct
• found

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The man who proposed the theory of natural selection and evolution.

• Thomas Moore
• Gregor Mendel
• Neil Degrasse Tyson
• Charles Darwin

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A change in a trait or characteristic that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce.

• extinction
• natural selection
• adaptation
• choice

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