Evolution and Natural Selection

Who is the father of evolution?

• Darwin
• Mendel
• Newton
• Einstein

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What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

• homologous
• vestigial
• variation
• adaptation

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Predict which moth would increase in population

• light 
• dark

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Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection? 

• People selectively breeding hamsters.
• Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.
• Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
• Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.

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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What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.
• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
• To protect itself against predators.
• To protect itself against prey.

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Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

• Yes, they know they need to change to survive 
• No, they change because of natural selection

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The gradual change in a species over time is called

• mutation.
• evolution.
• migration.
• variation.

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce?

• natural selection
• overproduction
• competition
• variation

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When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artificial Selection

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