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Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• the best adapted
• the fastest
• the strongest
• the most domesticated (tamed)

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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The finches on the Galapagos island were similar in form except for variations of their beaks. Darwin observed that these variations were useful for:

•  attracting a mate
•  defending territory
•  building nests
•  gathering food
  

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What is the most important factor that contributes to a species evolving? 

• environmental change
• how old a species is
• what the ancestors look like
• what time of year a species reproduces.

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Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original color. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

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

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What is an adaptation that would help an organism to survive in a desert?

• Thick fur to conserve heat

• Scales to prevent water loss

• Sharp claws to aid in climbing

• Golden-tan fur to blend in

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Charles Darwin studies natural selection in the Galapagos Islands. He found that the finches on each island had different types of beaks. How did all the finches on each different island come to have different types of beaks?

• They are different types of birds that have no relation.

• The finches cannot fly to the other islands.

• The different beaks have adapted to the different types of food on each island.

• The different beaks have changed overtime due to a mutation experiment by scientists.

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What is Natural Selection?

• The process were only plants better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

• The process were only humans better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

• The process were individuals better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

• The process were organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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The term that relates to physical characteristics that are studied in genetics.

• traits

• offspring

• generations

• hybrids

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All living things that are best adapted to their environments will be more likely to survive. This idea is known as _____________________ ____________________.

• Mutation

• Adaptations

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

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