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BIOLOGY I

NATURAL SELECTION

EVOLUTION – 6

PART I

DIRECTIONS: Read the following statements and indicate if you agree with them or not. Then, read the sections that go with them. After reading those pages, decide if the text agreed with the statement.

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Darwin was stunned and haunted by some of his discoveries

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Artificial selection happens when humans choose which animals will reproduce.

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Variations occur in nature just as variations occur in domesticated plants and animals.

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Very low birth rates cause a struggle for existence in nature

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Natural selection selects the largest, fastest, and strongest to survive in nature

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Darwin’s theory implies a common descent of living things

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Evolutionary theory has little evidence from a small number of sources.

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PART II

DIRECTIONS: We have now decided which statements that the text information proved to be false statements. In the space provided below, rewrite any false statements in order to make them true and accurate.

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