Change of Species over Time & Charles Darwin

What is the term that refers to when all the members of a species have died?

• fossilization

• adaptation

• mutation

• extinction

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True or False: Organisms that are well adapted to their environments are MORE likely to go extinct.

• True

• False

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Which of these species is most likely to go extinct if flowers with nectar were to become rare?

• snake

• jaguar

• hummingbird

• eagle

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Which famous scientist is known as the "father of evolution?"

• Gregor Mendel

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Robert Hooke

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What main characteristic did Darwin observe in the finches on the Galapagos islands that helped him to come up with his theory of evolution through natural selection?

• their feathers

• their beaks

• their body sizes

• their tail shapes

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What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were different from the finches on the mainland?

• there were different predators on the islands

• there were different foods on the islands

• there were different amounts of water to drink on the islands

• the islands had different climates

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What is the term that describes organisms changing over time?

• mutation

• evolution

• extinction

• fossilization

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Darwin came up with the theory that evolution happens over time as organisms that are best adapted to their environment survive to pass on their DNA. What is this process called?

• extinction

• fossilization

• natural selection

• variation

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The image shows many different versions of giraffe color patterns. What is this an example of?

• fossilization

• overproduction

• variation

• extinction

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True or False: Mutations can be helpful because they create new variations in a species.

• true

• false

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