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Which of these was NOT one of Darwin's major observations on his journey?

• species vary globally

• species vary locally

• species do not vary on the same continent

• species vary across time

Which of these is NOT one of the things that Darwin proposed was necessary for evolution to occur?

• imperfection

• struggle for survival

• variation and adaptation

• suvival of the fittest

This term describes how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its given environment

• strength

• adaptability

• fitness

• aptitude

This is the process by which organisms with variations more suited to their local environment survive and leave more offspring:

• artificial selection

• selective breeding

• common descent

• natural selection

This person gets almost all of the credit for developing the theory of evolution:

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• Neil Shubin

• Jennifer Doudna

A yellow morph and green morph of an insect lives in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:

• the green population to increase and the yellow to decrease

• both populations should stay the same

• both populations will increase

• the green population to decrease and the yellow to increaseThis is a wrong answer

What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

Natural Selection is driven by a change in the environment and survival of the

• Earth

• Fastest

• Fittest

• Biggest

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 organism knew it needed that trait, survives, and passes it on.

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

• The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
• The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily