4.6.2.2 evolution/ natural selection

Question 1

What was the name of the scientist who formed the theory of evolution

Answer 1

Charles Darwin

Question 2

State 5 of Charles Darwin’s observations

Answer 2

All organisms produce more offspring then chance of survival to adulthood
Population stays fairly constant
Members of the same species show variational characteristics
All living things vary in colour, shape, size or behaviour
Some Inherited characteristics

Question 3

What is natural selection?

Answer 3

a process where organisms that are better adapted to an environment will survive and reproduce. This means that the advantageous alleles of this variant organism are passed on to offspring

Question 4

Individuals in a species show a wide range in _________. This ________ is because of differences in their _____.

Answer 4

Variation, variation, genes