Lamarck Darwin

If a population of moths change from dark colored to lighter colored over 2 years this is referred to as?

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Extinction

• Artificial Selection

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What do we call change over time?

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Natural Variation
• Speciation

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Lamarck thought that the differences in traits of organisms are a result of

• increases in population size.
• the actions of organisms as they change a body structure. 
• an unchanging local environment.
• the natural variations already present within the population of organisms.

Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment 

• diversity.
• evolution.
• adaptation. 
•  fitness.

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Whose theory included "acquired traits" such as a giraffe needing a long neck so they stretch it over time?

• Darwin
• Lamarck

This salamander did not use its eyes so it lost its vision. Whose theory said if you don't use it, you lose it? 

• Darwin
• Lamarck

What is the process in which organism with variations most suited to their local environment survive and leave more offspring?

• Natural Selection
• Acquired Traits
• Phenotype 

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What is survival of the fittest?

• It is where the fittest die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes

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Which scientist's theory would include
"variations within populations"?

• Darwin 
• Lamarck

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Which scientist's theory would include
"use or disuse".

• Darwin 
• Lamarck