Natural Selection & Selective Breeding
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What is the purpose of all species including the Ground Finches of Galapagos Island?
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A species adapts to survive long enough to reproduce.
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What adaptation prevented moths from being eaten by birds in a polluted environment?
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Camouflage coloring.
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What is Selective Breeding?
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A process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits.
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What is a mutation?
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A change in the DNA sequence.
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What is an example of an adaptation in dark colored moths on dark colored trees?
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An adaptation.
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What is Natural Selection?
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The process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
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What is the role of variation in Natural Selection?
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Variation provides the raw material for natural selection to act upon.
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How does selective breeding differ from natural selection?
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Selective breeding is human-directed, while natural selection is a natural process.
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What is an example of a trait that might be selected for in selective breeding?
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Size, color, or disease resistance.
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What is the significance of the Galapagos Islands in the study of evolution?
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They are home to unique species that helped Charles Darwin develop his theory of evolution.
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