Evolution

Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

• Albert Einstein
• Charles Darwin
• Charles Barkley
• Isaac Newton

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The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution

• Nucleotide

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

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What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

• Their feathers

• Genotypes

• Their beaks

• Their body sizes

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?

• Evolution

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

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When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

• Adaption

• Extinction

• Fossilization

• Mutation

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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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.

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The struggle for existence against other members of an organisms species is

• Competition
• Natural Selection
• gene flow
• genetic drift

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Remains of ancient organisms are called

• Extinctions
• Fossils
• Mutations
• Variations

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Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects the process of natural selection?

• Overpopulation
• Fossils
• Competition
• Variations

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