Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
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- Q1Acquired traits...Are found in an organisms DNAAre not found in an organisms DNAAre passed on from mother and father30sEditDelete
- Q2Who is Charles Darwin?A captainA geneticistA naturalistA philosopher30sEditDelete
- Q3What organism is Charles Darwin known for studying?FinchFrogBanana treeTurtle30sEditDelete
- Q4What islands did Charles Darwin explore?MaldivesGalapagosBermudaFrench Polynesian30sEditDelete
- Q5What is the process by which populations change over time?EvolutionGrowthNatural SelectionVariation30sEditDelete
- Q6Who helped influence Darwin on the idea of earth being old and changing over time?Charles LyellMiss MessingerJean Baptiste LamarckThomas Malthus30sEditDelete
- Q7Thomas Malthus was responsible for influcing darwin that population growth is exponential not linear which is why factors must....limit population growthencourage population growth30sEditDelete
- Q8Jean Baptiste Lamarck helped Darwin realize that....Traits can be passed on to offspring.Acquired traits can be passed on to offspring30sEditDelete
- Q9Artificial Selection...When animals choose who they mate with.Is the natural way breeding happens.is selective breeding to pick out certain traits for offspring to inherit.30sEditDelete
- Q10What happens when every member of a species dies?ExtinctionEndangered Species are createdPopulation Growth30sEditDelete
- Q11True or False: The reason the HMS Beagle stopped at the Galapagos Islands was to study the finches AND iguanas there.FalseTrue30sEditDelete
- Q12True or False: Charles Darwin taught artificial selection to farmers on the Galapagos islands.False30sEditDelete
- Q13Natural Selection...is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in the environment.is the process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do.is within a species that has natural differences called variations.30sEditDelete