Evolution & Natural Selection

Remains of a once-living organism found in layers of rock, ice or amber.

• Sediment

• Extinct

• Fossil

• Decomposition

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Match the following

• Selection

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• Variation

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• Adaptation

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• Overproduction

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Why did Darwin's finches have different shaped beaks?

• To look different from each other.

• To protect themselves against predators.

• To be able to eat food available in certain environments.

• To blend into their environment.

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Mutations are a change in which of the following?

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• RNA

• DNA

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After people realized pollution was causing the destruction of the forests for the peppered moth, they began to clean up the air quality and the forests started returning to their lighter color. Which moth will be more suited to survive now?

• Dark moth

• Light moth

• Both moths

• Neither moth

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What is this an example of?

• Variation

• Extinction

• Selection

• Overpopulation

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The process by which organisms inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms is known as...

• Variation

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

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All of the fossils that have been discovered make up the _____.

• Embryology

• Common Ancestor

• Fossil Record

• DNA Evidence

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Who was Charles Darwin? Select all that apply.

• A British doctor.

• Traveled the world on the HMS Beagle.

• Observed many species on the Galapagos Islands.

• Discovered DNA.

• Proposed the theory of natural selection.

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Which peppered moth fits in the pictured environment?

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