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- 1. Multiple ChoiceSurvival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?Charles DarwinAlbert EinsteinSteven HawkingIsaac Newton
- 2. Multiple Choice
When every organism of a species has died.
Evolution
Natural Selection
Extinction
Selective Breeding
- 3. Multiple Choice
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
Evolution
Natural Selection
Extinction
Selective Breeding
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the ship Darwin traveled the world on?HMS BeagleSS BeagleHMS BugleSS Bugle
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?The inherited traits of a population.The acquired traits of a population.Hair color and eye colorAttractive features.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why are helpful traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Because they come from dominant alleles.
Because they come from recessive alleles.
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceMutations are a change in what?DNAtRNAgenotypephenotype
- 8. Multiple Choice
The goal of every species on earth is...
to survive and reproduce
divide and conquer
survive and conquer
reproduce and die
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA trait or behavior that helps organisms survive and reproducemultiplicationrevoltadaptationpopulate
- 10. Multiple ChoiceLions often hide in the tall grass while stalking their prey. This is an example of...camouflagewarning colorationmimicryhibernation
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why is a spider spinning a web a behavioral adaptation?
It learns how to spin the web from its mother.
It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.
It is born knowing how to spin a web.
It learns how to spin a web through observational learning.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceA pine snake moves it tail quickly in pine needles so it sounds like a rattle snake. This is an example of which type of behavior?camouflagemimicryestivationmigration
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the scientific term for the ability to blend in with the surroundings?invisibilityconservationninja skillscamouflage
- 14. Multiple ChoiceHow do adaptations help animals?To escape animalsto hunt for foodto survive in their habitatsAll of these are correct
- 15. Multiple Choice
The ears of this fox are an example of...
A behavioral adaptation
Poor breeding
A structural adaptation
Plastic surgery gone horribly wrong
- 16. Multiple Choicewhat gave Charles Darwin the idea of evolution?googlewikipediamans attempt to destroy mankindfinches in the Galapagos island
- 17. 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.
acquired traits through use and disuse.
all eat the same type of food.
descended from a common ancestor.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceDucks have webbed feetbehavioral adaptationsstructural adaptations
- 19. Multiple Choicebirds fly southbehavioral adaptationsstructural adaptations
- 20. Multiple Choicesnakes are only active in the morning and at nightstructural adaptationsbehavioral adaptations
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which is not a type of adaptation?
structural
predatory
functional
behavioral
- 22. Multiple Choice
Charles Darwin was
an English naturalist
a French botanist
a Spanish zoologist
an American anatomist
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe chain of islands near South America where Darwin developed his theory of natural selection by studying the unique life there is calledthe Andouillesthe Hawaiian Islandsthe Galapagos Islandsthe Aleutian Islands
- 24. Multiple Choice
Natural selection can also be referred to as:
Survival of the weakest
Survival
Survival of the fittest
Selective breeding
- 25. Multiple Choice
The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in dust from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?
Dark moth
Light moth
Both will be equally successful
Neither will be successful
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which moth will be more successful in this environment?
Dark moth
Light moth
Both will be equally successful
Neither will be successful
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat process is being shown in this image?VariationNatural SelectionSelective BreedingHomeostasis
- 28. Multiple ChoiceThese moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________Natural SelectionVariationHomeostasisExtinction
- 29. Multiple Choicea group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspringevolutionspeciesvariationfossil
- 30. Multiple Choice
The purpose of selective breeding is to
Get bigger animals
get smaller animals
create animals with wanted traits
create animals with bad traits
- 31. Multiple Choice
When humans breed organisms together based on traits we like.
Evolution
Natural Selection
Extinction
Selective Breeding
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