Evolution and Natural Selection

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Evolution and Natural Selection

By AJH Science Classes 2022

Multiple Choice

Who is Charles Darwin?

starbucks owner

a bird

a christian

a naturalist

Multiple Choice

What gave Charles Darwin the idea of evolution?

Traveling on the HMS Beagle

By becoming a naturalist

Writing a book

Studying the finches in the Galapagos island

Multiple Choice

Charles Darwin’s observation that finches of different species on the Galápagos Islands have many similar physical characteristics supports the hypothesis that these finches

have the ability to interbreed.
have the ability to interbreed.

acquired traits through use and disuse.

all eat the same type of food.

descended from a common ancestor.

Multiple Choice

According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, individuals who survive are the ones best adapted for their environment. Their survival is due to the

possession of adaptations developed through use.

possession of inherited adaptations that maximize fitness or survival.

lack of competition within the species.

choices made by plant and animal breeders.

Multiple Choice

What did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?

different species on different islands

all species on one of the islands

identical species on all the islands

the same species as North America

Multiple Choice

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

increase in number

become extinct

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

Variation

Adaptation

Behavior

Environment

Multiple Choice

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.

Multiple Choice

What is another name for natural selection?

survival of the smartest

survival of the fastest

survival of the biggest

survival of the fittest

Multiple Choice

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

homologous

vestigial

variation

adaptation

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of?

diversity of species

variation

vestigial structures

DNA studies

Multiple Choice

Predict which moth would increase in population

light

dark

Multiple Choice

The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

Species

Environmental Change

Adaptation

Variation

Multiple Choice

Over time all animals (and plants) develop adaptations that help them ____________________.

develop new adaptations

thrive and survive

change the way they interact with their environment

change their behaviors

Multiple Choice

Over many generations the features that help animals survive ____________________.

are passed on

disappear

change because of combinations

change through behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

How do adaptations help animals?

To hide from predators

to hunt for food

to survive in their habitats

All of these are correct

Multiple Choice

action done on purpose to help with survival

- by choice

structural adaptation

behavioral

physiological

Multiple Choice

Adaptation that involves color, shape, or other physical characteristics

structural adaptation

behavioral adaptation

physiological adaptation

Multiple Choice

Adaptation that involves internal body systems

structural adaptation

behavioral adaptation

functional adaptation

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