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4.1 Evolution and natural selection

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Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.

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State what is meant by evolution.

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Animals produce more offspring than can survive. Give two resources that animals in a population compete for.

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Individuals in a population show genetic variation. State how new alleles arise.

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d.

Many people did not accept the theory of evolution by natural selection when it was first published. Give one reason why.

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4.1 Evolution and natural selection Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /4.1 Evolution and natural selection

44 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Biology 4.1 Evolution and natural selection, covering 4.1.1 Work of Darwin and Wallace and 4.1.2 Resistant organisms and evolution. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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