Charles Darwin Natural Selection

How do the finches of the Galapagos illustrate natural selection?

• Birds on every island have beaks uniquely suited to their food source

• The birds that were afraid of humans survived and reproduced

• The finches have adapted to building their nests of discarded plastic

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What is another name for natural selection?

• survival of the smartest

• survival of the fastest

• survival of the biggest

• survival of the fittest

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

• diversity.

• evolution

• adaptation. 

•  fitness.

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What is the name of the ship that Darwin traveled on from 1831 to 1836?

• HMS Beagle

• Nina

• Pinta

• Santa Maria

How did Alfred Russel Wallace contribute to the publication of Darwin's book?

• He wrote a book that convinced Darwin that Earth was far older than previously believed

• He approached Darwin with a similar theory, giving Darwin the courage to publish

• Darwin asked Wallace to edit the book before publication

What is the title of Charles Darwin's famous book?

• Evolution

• Descent Through Modification

• On the origin of species

• Species. The origin

Who am I? I wrote about human populations. Darwin built off of my research and came up with the idea of natural selection.

• John Hutton

• Charles Lyell

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• John Baptiste LaMarck

• Thomas Malthus

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Who am I? I wrote Darwin about my theory of natural selection. He decided to publish his book before I could.

• John Hutton

• Charles Lyell

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• John Baptiste LaMarck

• Thomas Malthus

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What is an adaptation?

• A temporary change in an organism's behavior

• A genetic trait that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce

• The process by which a species splits into two or more species

• A random change in the DNA of an organism

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