Understanding Natural Selection

Who is credited with providing a mechanism for how evolution occurs?

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

Which of the following is NOT a cause of evolution?

• Non-random mating

• Migration

• Mutation

• Large population

What is the smallest unit that can evolve?

• Species

• Individual organism

• Population

• Gene

What was the primary reason for the change in appearance of the peppered moth?

• Industrial Revolution

• Genetic mutation

• Climate change

• Predation

What does an adaptation result from in the context of natural selection?

• Human intervention

• Random mutations selected by the environment

• Intentional changes

• A goal towards perfection