EVOLUTION & NATURAL SELECTION

Process in which groups of organisms change in their heritable traits over generations

• Family tree

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Homeostasis

Traits are inherited by wich via?

• Enviroment

• Genes

• Fenotype

• Spermatozoon

The offspring traits are the same in any generation?

• YES

• NO

Natural selection depends on the environment ?

• YES

• NO

The British naturalist that developed the theory of how evolution works.

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Galapagos

• Charles Davis

• Charles Norris

Darwin defined evolution as:

• "Descent with modification"

• "Ascent with modification"

• "Ascent with no modification"

• "Descent with no modification"

Darwin found that nearby islands in the Galápagos had similar but nonidentical species of fishes living on them.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The finches found on the Galápagos Islands were similar to species on the nearby mainland of Ecuador and elsewhere in the world.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Darwin's concept of natural selection was based on which of this key observations:

• Traits are often heritable.

• More offspring are produced than can survive.

• Offspring vary in their heritable traits.

• All are correct.

Do you like Biology?

• Yes!

• Of course!

• Obviously!

• Sure!