3.2.8 Natural Selection Flashcards
1
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who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection
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Charles Darwin
2
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How did Charles Darwin come up with the theory of evolution
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He came up with this theory as a result of observations from a round-the-world expedition, years of experimentation and his knowledge of geology and fossil
3
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Evolution can be defined as, what?
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the change in the frequency of a phenotype in a population over many generations
4
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Darwin’s theory is, what?
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1. Individuals in a species show a wide range of variation caused by differences in genes
5
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This idea of natural selection became known as, what?
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survival of the fittest
6
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When did Charles darwin public his famous book, On the Origin of Species
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1859
