Evolution & Natural Selection

The Theory of Evolution was proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Steven Hawking

• Isaac Newton

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

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

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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These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Variation

• Homeostasis

• Extinction

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Definition: adaptation

• inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival
• organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate
• a growing population causes a scarcity of resources
• differences in the DNA sequence

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Definition: natural selection

• inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival
• organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate
• a growing population causes a scarcity of resources
• differences in the DNA sequence

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A trait that makes a species better suited to survive in its environment is called a(n) _________.

• variation
• adaptation
• natural selection
• isolation

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A species is an organism that has different traits and cannot _______ with other organisms.

• breed
• exist
• survive
• evolve

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A relative who lived in the past.

• Charles Darwin
• Speciation
• Ancestor
• Descendant

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