Natural Selection and Evolution

Change in characteristics of living things over time.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Fitness

• Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics

• Mutation

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Organisms better fitted to the environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than organisms who aren’t fitted to the environment.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Fitness

• Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics

• Mutation

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How adapted an organism is to its environment.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Fitness

• Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics

• Mutation

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Bird's beaks evolve mainly due to the type of ___________________ available.

• food
• water
• shrubs
• mates

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If an organism can't adapt fast enough, this might happen.

• hibernate
• stay the same
• live longer
• become extinct

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Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA
• tRNA
• genotype
• phenotype

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What can happen to a species over time if some of the organisms have an advantage?

• The population will decrease
• The population will become extinct
• The population will slowly increase

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Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

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What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.
• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
• To protect itself against predators.
• To protect itself against prey.

Why do peppered moths tend to be the same color as the trees on which they live?

• The coloring goes along with tasting like the tree. 
• It keeps the moth the same temperature as the tree. 
• It makes the moths faster than the birds
• It makes the moths harder to see.