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"
