Natural Selection is...

the process where individuals with traits that make them better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce

selective breeding where humans decide which traits are desired

a change in characteristics from one generation to the next

What is an example of natural selection?

tortoise population that eats tall cacti develops longer necks over time

a dog breed becomes smaller because of human demand

a white moth is predated on a dark tree

a population of trees is killed by a large flood

Which is an example of an adaptation?

A group of rabbits have thick fur to stay warm in the winter

A group of moths have darker wing colors to blend in to the trees

A bird has a long thin beak to eat insects on cacti

How well adapted an organism is to its environment

The characteristics that can be passed on to the next generation

Preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past.

Fossils are artifacts created by aliens.

Fossils are mythical creatures frozen in time.

Fossils are modern-day organisms pretending to be ancient.

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

To look different from other species.

To protect itself against predators.

To protect itself against prey.

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

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 dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

The similarities of the bones labeled A provide evidence that

the organisms may have evolved from a common ancestor

all species have one kind of bone structure

the cells of the bones contain the same type of mutations

all structural characteristics are the same in animals

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?

Both will be equally successful

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

Fossil D is older than fossil C

Fossil A and C are the same age

Fossil B is older than fossil C

Fossils A is older than fossil B

Which of the following is an example of the bottle neck effect ?

Bald Eagles are hunted until near extinction, population recovers.

Small group of iguanas floats to an island, starts a new population.

Red fox pups are more likely to survive in a snowy environment if they are born white.

Farmer chooses seeds from largest apples to plant next year. This results in larger apples from year to year.

Which of the following is an example of the founder effect ?

Small group of iguanas floats to an island, starts a new population.

Bald Eagles are hunted until near extinction, population recovers.

Red fox pups are more likely to survive in a snowy environment if they are born white.

Farmer chooses seeds from largest apples to plant next year. This results in larger apples from year to year.

Evolution

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Darwin studied....
Select all that apply

finch beaks

variations in species

fossils on the Galapagos Islands

all of the above

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Vocab check:
The theory that organisms have slowly changed over time...

fossil record

relative dating

evolution

adaptation

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False? In Natural selection an animal chooses to adapt in a single generation, and survives.

true

false

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False? In Natural selection an animal chooses to adapt in a single generation, and survives.

true

false

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When Darwin was studying the finches and noticed the different types of beaks, this was an example of (a)

genetic variation

genetic compounds

Nucleotides

Thiamine

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who developed the theory of natural selection?

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Charles Darwin

James Hutton

Gregor Mendel

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Does evolution describe a change in an individual or a population?

Individual

Population

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Darwin studied....Select all that apply

Vocab check:The theory that organisms have slowly changed over time...

True or False? In Natural selection an animal chooses to adapt in a single generation, and survives.

True or False? In Natural selection an animal chooses to adapt in a single generation, and survives.

When Darwin was studying the finches and noticed the different types of beaks, this was an example of ​ (a)

Who developed the theory of natural selection?

Does evolution describe a change in an individual or a population?

Natural Selection is...

Another name for natural selection is...

What is an example of natural selection?

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