BrainPop: Charles Darwin & Natural Selection

In what major way did Darwin's ideas diverge from Lamarck's?

Lamarck thought changes to an individual animal during its lifetime would be passed on to offspring

What is least likely to be an example of variation within a species?

Number of limbs

Dogs are an example of:

Selective breeding

Which variation would be most likely to benefit any organism, regardless of environment?

Th ability to produce energy more efficiently

The beaks of flinches found on various Galapagos Islands differed based on:

The available food supply

In the phrase "survival of the fittest," the "fittest" refers to:

The best-adapted organisms

What is an inherited trait?

A characteristic determined by an organism's genes

What is an example of an environmental pressure?

A lake that's gradually running out of water

What is a common ancestor?

An animal from which two or more different species evolved

When nature "selects" a variation, that means the trait:

Gets passed along form generation to generation

On Darwin's tree of life, organisms at the base of a branch:

Give rise to species farther down the branch

What was Charles Darwin's contribution to science?

He developed the modern theory of evolution

When is a trait most likely to be passed on to the next generation?

When it becomes an advantage to the organism's survival

The Galapagos Islands is where Charles Darwin:

Wrote "On the Origin of Species"