Natural Selection

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Adaptations can be:

camouflage

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ability to survive cold weather

,

hunting skills

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all of the above

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Does natural selection occur during the lifetime of a single organism?

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False

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What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown? Options: Light moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase; Dark moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase; Light moths--hunted easily, light moths--population increase; Lights moths will change their color to match dark moths.

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Light moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase

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TRUE or FALSE: Natural selection will still occur if individuals are exactly the same.

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FALSE

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How do you "win" at natural selection?

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survive & reproduce

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Due to pollution, a pond becomes darker over time. Which trait variation became more common?

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dark fish

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

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Natural Selection

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

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Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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According to natural selection, light colored tree trunks would favor

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light colored moths

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Natural Selection is driven by a change in the environment and survival of the

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Fittest