Natural and Artificial Selection

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called natural selection.

• Survival of the Fittest
• Extinction
• Derived trait
• Artificial Selection

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A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____.

• an adaptation

• environment

• response

• stimulus

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When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artificial Selection

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Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. 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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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

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Dogs such as Chihuahuas are examples of....

• Artificial Selection 
• Natural Selection 
• Mutations 

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What is an example of artificial selection?

• Letting dogs choose their own mate

• Letting plants pollinate on their own

• Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle

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1. Artificial selection has been a big factor in the evolution of:

• Dogs

• Panda bears

• Snakes

• Jellyfish

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