Natural Selection

Causes adaptations to occur.

• natural selection

• selective breeding (artificial selection)

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Happens over a very long period of time in most species.

• natural selection

• selective breeding (artificial selection)

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Shows changes within a species.

• natural selection

• selective breeding (artificial selection)

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Controlled by humans.

• natural selection

• selective breeding (artificial selection)

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Can happen over a relatively short period of time.

• natural selection

• selective breeding (artificial selection)

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What scientist used bird’s beaks of finches to introduce natural selection?

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Stephen Hawking

• Marie Curie

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The differences in the bird beaks changed over time because of the abundance or scarceness of food.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Warrior ants have a chemical signal that tell other ants in the family not to attack. Through natural selection these ants have

• genetically modified

• adapted

• camouflaged

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A body part, feature, or behavior that helps a living thing survive and function better in its environment

• adaptation

• natural selection

• Charles Darwin

• selective breeding

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Studied finches on the Galapagos Islands and theorized that the 13 species had a common ancestor

• adaptation

• natural selection

• Charles Darwin

• selective breeding

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