Darwin's Theory of Evolution Through Natural Selection

What interested Charles Darwin when looking at the different finches?

• Each bird has a different size and shaped beak.

• Each bird had a different wing span.

• Each bird had a different life expectancy.

• Each bird was colored differently.

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What is a similar word for "evolution"?

• Short

• Strong

• Die

• Change

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Populations of species which do not adapt to their environment can eventually become...

• Humans

• Extinct

• Stronger

• Angry

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Who is Charles Darwin?

• Ms. Fairbanks' distant cousin

• Mr. Sayles' long lost brother

• The man who invented Pop-Tarts

• The man who discovered the Theory of Evolution

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Describe what will happen to the population of birds in this area.

• The bird population will not change.

• There will be more birds with shorter beaks.

• There will be more birds with long beaks.

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Nature has a way of causing organisms that inherit advantageous traits to survive and reproduce more successfully than the ones that don't. This process is known as..

• Natural Selection

• Changing Theory

• Survival Idea

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A characteristic of an individual organism?

• Natural Selection

• Small

• Trait

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In a species that has multiple color variations which organisms would be more likely to survive and reproduce?

• The species that has a color variation that stands out from its surroundings

• The color variation has no effect on predator attacks

• The organism that has a color variation that matches its surroundings (camouflage)

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Describe what the doubt did to the average beak size.

• The average beak size went down.

• The average beak size went up.

• The average beak size stayed the same.

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Trees need water to survive. Trees with larger roots are better at sucking up ground water than trees with smaller roots. What would happen to the trees smaller roots if there was a droubt?

• The large root trees would take majority of the ground water.

• The small root trees would take majority of the ground water.

• Nothing would happen.

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