Question 1

What is evolution?

Accepted Answer

How a species has changed over a long period of time

Question 2

What does heredity mean?

Accepted Answer

A character or trait passed down from parent to offspring

Question 3

What is offspring?

Accepted Answer

The child or embryo from a parent

Question 4

What is a characteristic?

Accepted Answer

A physical property of each thing eg eye colour or freckles

Question 5

What is the characteristic past down on?

Accepted Answer

Genes

Question 6

Where do these genes come from?

Accepted Answer

Each parent

Question 7

Do we have the same genes as our parents?

Accepted Answer

No, we have a mix from both

Question 8

Are all siblings the same?

Accepted Answer

No, they have different mixes from their parents.

Question 9

What happens when we are an identical twin?

Accepted Answer

One eat is given all traits. This then splits equally in two so that each child has the same characteristics.

Question 10

What is it called when species change over time?

Accepted Answer

Adaptation

Question 11

Can we change how a species looks?

Accepted Answer

Yes, through selective adaptaion

Question 12

Does this happen naturally?

Accepted Answer

Yes through selective evolution

Question 13

Who first introduced the theory of evolution?

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

Question 14

What did he notice?

Accepted Answer

That species had adapted according to their surroundings

Question 15

What did he call this?

Accepted Answer

Natural selection

Question 16

Why does natural selection happen?

Accepted Answer

To ensure the best animals survive

Question 17

How have giraffes adapted over time?

Accepted Answer

Longer necks

Question 18

How have polar bears adapted over time?

Accepted Answer

White fur

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