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Charles Darwin and Natural Selection

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What is the process in which breeders choose specific traits in organisms to produce more desired offspring?

Artificial selection (correct)

Selective breeding

Natural selection

Organic selection

Which of the following best describes the role of humans in selective breeding?

Controlling the environment

Creating new genetic traits

Preventing natural selection

Speeding up natural evolutionary processes (correct)

What is the primary purpose of natural selection?

To prevent breeders from interfering with evolution

To ensure the survival of organisms best adapted to their environment (correct)

To produce more desired offspring

To create new genetic traits

Which term is used to describe a trait that breeders seek in organisms during selective breeding?

Desirable trait Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining feature of artificial selection or selective breeding?

It involves human intervention in choosing specific traits in organisms Signup and view all the answers

What did Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection state?

Species evolve over time depending on the traits they need to survive Signup and view all the answers

What role do natural and artificial selection play in the development of traits in organisms?

They play a major role in the development and display of traits Signup and view all the answers

What observation did Charles Darwin make about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

The finches on each island had different beak sizes Signup and view all the answers

What was the main factor that led to the different species of finches on each island?

The size of the birds' beaks suiting the food sources available on each island Signup and view all the answers

Where did Charles Darwin develop his theory of natural selection?

Galapagos Islands Signup and view all the answers