Natural Selection

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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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Mutations are a change in what? Options: DNA, tRNA, genotype, phenotype

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DNA

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What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

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adaptation

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment? Options: Dark moth, Light moth, Both will be equally successful, Neither will be successful

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Dark moth

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

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The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

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The differences between the wings of moths of the same species is an example of ________________.

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Variation

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What is changing over time according to the theory of evolution by natural selection? Options: The inherited traits of a population., The acquired traits of a population., Hair color and eye color, Attractive features.

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The inherited traits of a population.

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Darwin said that the number of offspring an organism has

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is more than can survive

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Darwin said that within a species there will be

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variation/differences