Darwin and Natural Selection

Who created the theory of evolution?

• Charles Darwin
• Charles Derwin
• Charlie Darwin
• Chris Darwin

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What was the name of the ship Charles Darwin sailed on?

• Boaty McBoaty Face
• HMS Beagle
• HMS Britannia
• HMS Bulldog

Where did Charles Darwin travel to?

• Australia
• Barbados
• Galapagos 
• Trinidad

What does evolution mean?

• To change something
• To change and adapt over time
• To lose some original features
• To improve ssomething over time

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What animals did Charles Darwin study when at the Galapagos Islands?

• Giraffes
• Seagulls
• Seals
• Finches

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What is the title of Charles Darwin's famous book?

• The origin of species
• Origin of species
• On the origin of species
• Species. The origin

For Darwin, how have animals and plants survived?

• Through luck
• Through natural selection
• Through careful management
• Through choice

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What is survival of the fittest?

• It is where the fittest die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes

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What is natural selection?

• Your natural fate is decided from birth
• Nature actively chooses who surivives
• Those best suited to demands of environment surivie
• The weakest of a species surivie

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how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment

• fossil

• fitness

• inherited trait

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