7L15.2 Natural Selection - Stated Clearly

What is the observable fact that children often look and behave slightly different than their parents?

• Common Descent

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

• Descent with Modification

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What is the idea that all life on Earth is related and descended from a common ancestor?

• Natural Selection

• Descent with Modification

• Common Descent

• Selective Breeding

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Who discovered the concept of Natural Selection?

• Isaac Newton

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

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What did Darwin notice about the species on the Galapagos Islands?

• They were specially adapted for island life.

• They were identical to species on the mainland.

• They were all the same species.

• They were all extinct.

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What allows tortoises on smaller Galapagos islands to reach cactus pads?

• Climbing abilities

• Expanded front legs and saddle-like shells

• Wings

• Longer legs

What is the process by which farmers create new domestic forms of plants and animals?

• Descent with Modification

• Selective Breeding

• Common Descent

• Natural Selection

What does nature do in the process of Natural Selection?

• Creates new traits

• Randomly changes traits

• Selects which traits to keep

• Destroys all traits

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What is the main difference between Natural Selection and Selective Breeding?

• Natural Selection is guided by humans

• Natural Selection is a natural process

• Selective Breeding is random

• Selective Breeding does not involve any selection

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What is the result of positive changes in traits over multiple generations?

• No change

• Extinction

• More fit for survival

• Random variations

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What is the process by which random evolutionary changes are selected for by nature?

• Natural Selection

• Common Descent

• Selective Breeding

• Descent with Modification

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