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?

<p>Desirable trait (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>It involves human intervention in choosing specific traits in organisms (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Species evolve over time depending on the traits they need to survive (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>They play a major role in the development and display of traits (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>The finches on each island had different beak sizes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>The size of the birds' beaks suiting the food sources available on each island (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did Charles Darwin develop his theory of natural selection?

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