Evolution and Natural Selection Flash Review

The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better

The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

Dry environments cause mutations in finches

Finches grow larger when they have more water

Small finches become smaller during dry seasons

Large beak size is an adaptation to dry conditions

A recent common ancestry

Evolution from a distant common ancestor

Similar environments in the past

No evolutionary relationship between the groups

This is purely by chance and isn't significant

The extinct dinosaur and modern bird share a common ancestor

All dinosaurs evolved into birds and that's why there aren't any dinosaurs alive today

Dinosaurs choose to fly, and evolved into birds to escape predation and capture food

evolution

speciation

adaptation

natural selection

Bird A

Bird B

Bird C

Bird A and Bird B