Darwin and Natural Selection

Charles Darwin’s observation that finches of different species on the Galápagos Islands have many similar physical characteristics supports the hypothesis that these finches

• have the ability to interbreed.
  have the ability to interbreed.

• acquired traits through use and disuse.

• all eat the same type of food.

• descended from a common ancestor.

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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 did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?

• different species on different islands

• all species on one of the islands

• identical species on all the islands

• the same species as North America

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The phrase "Survival of the Fittest" would best describe...

• Natural Selection 

• Artificial Selection 

• Selective Breeding

• Rainbow Trout 

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Charles Darwin proposed that new species come from preexisting species by the process of ______________ _______________.

• evolution

• adaptations

• natural selection

• homologous structures

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Darwin came up with the theory of ​​ (a)  

• Natural Selection

• Creationism

• Gradualism

• Uniformitarianism

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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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Who is known as the father of the theory of evolution by natural selection?

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wallace

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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what gave Charles Darwin the idea of evolution?

• google

• wikipedia

• mans attempt to destroy mankind

• finches in the Galapagos island

Which statement best describes the process of evolution?

• Populations can survive in different locations on earth

• Environmental conditions limit the number of species on Earth

• Populations grow when resources are abundant

• The traits of a species can change over time

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