Evolution part 1

What is evolution?

• When you give a Pokémon a candy and the Pokémon changes into a new Pokémon

• When species gradually adapt over time and change into completely new species

• When species acquire traits due to the pressure of their environment

• When a species dies or survives due to beneficial or harmful adaptations.

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What is natural selection?

• It is the process where genes are selected for genetic editing using CRSPR technology

• Natural selection is when humans select animals to breed based on desirable traits.

• The process where organisms that are better adapted survive and reproduce, and those that aren't fit to survive die

• When species gradually change over time into completely new species

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Who is Charles Darwin?

• The father of modern evolutionary theory who studied in the Galapagos

• The man who discovered evolution by studying in the Malay archipelago

• The man who thought animals could acquire traits due to the pressure of their environment

• The man who disproved abiogenesis using meat, jars, and flies.

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Who is Jean Baptiste Lamarck?

• The man who studied butterflies in the amazon but lost all his work in a ship fire

• The father of modern evolutionary theory who studied in the Malay archipelago

• The man who disproved abiogenesis and was accepted by the scientific community

• The man who though animals could acquire traits due to the pressure of their environment

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What is a body part that is no longer used, but is evidence for evolution?

• Homologues structure

• Vestigial structure

• Analogues structure

• Fossilized evidence

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What is another term for natural selection?

• Survival of the fittest

• Private selection

• Genetic editing

• Artificial selection

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What is a process that helps facilitate evolution?

• Artificial selection

• The weakest link

• Survival of the weakest

• Natural selection

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What is an example of natural selection?

• A black moth is hidden from predators at night, but a white moth is eaten because its easier to see so the black moths tend to survive

• A human takes two of the strongest cows in the heard and breeds them to make more strong cows

• When animals that are taken out of their environment and placed in a sanctuary because they need assistance to live

• It is a branding line that Kroger has for hire quality items.

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What is an example of evolution?

• Whales changing from a small four legged land animal to a several ton aquatic mammal over the course of millions of years.

• A snake shedding its skin because it needs to moisturize once a week

• A giraffe stretching its neck to reach food on higher branches.

• A animal that adapts over the course of a week to better survive in a environment

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Camouflages is only a trait used by prey to hide from predators

• True

• False

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