shaping natural systems through evolution

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth
• Light moth
• Both will be equally successful
• Neither will be successful

Predict which moth would increase in population

• light 
• dark

What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown?

• Light moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase

• Dark moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase

• Light moths--hunted easily, light moths--population increase

What is an adaptation?

• Characteristics of all living things

• Changes living things go through to help them survive

A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

• Ancestor
• Adaptation
• Descendant
• Fossil

Organisms with the most beneficial traits will survive. What is that called?

• ecosystems

• variations

• survival of the fittest

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

• fossil
• picture
• dinosaur
• animal

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Variation

• Homeostasis

• Extinction

All rabbits living in a particular area would be an example of a(n)

• population
• species
• fossil
• individual organism

What type of evidence is shown in the image above?

• Fossils

• Vestigial structures

• Homologous Structures

• DNA