Evolution and Natural Selection

The survival of a species is affected by...

• environmental changes only.

• disease only.

• new competition only.

• environmental changes, disease and competition.

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Animals which can adapt to the challenges they face can...

• survive and reproduce.

• die and reproduce.

• survive and not reproduce.

• die and not reproduce.

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Animals which can survive and reproduce can pass on .......... which give their offspring an advantage too.

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Alleles which lead to features which are not an advantage will...

• eventually increase and spread.

• eventually increase and disappear.

• eventually decrease and disappear.

• quickly decrease and disappear.

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Another word for the permanent loss of a species is...

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Animals which close to extinction can also be referred to as...

• vulnerable.

• at risk.

• in danger.

• endangered.

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The idea that all life on Earth is related to organisms which first appeared over three billion years ago is also known as...

• evolution.

• revolution.

• constitution.

• resolution.

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.......... are not evidence for evolution.

• DNA

• Fossils

• Eyewitness testimonies

• 'Missing link' species

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The person responsible for the 'Origins of Species' and much of our current understanding about evoluton is Charles...

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The theory of evolution is controversial for many people because...

• it relies on evidence from incomplete fossil records.

• it suggests that all life evolved rather than being created by God.

• it uses DNA to make a link between different specieis.

• it was thought of by a man who looks like Santa Claus.

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