Natural Selection

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How do you "win" at natural selection?

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survive & reproduce

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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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Which organisms are most likely to survive?

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the best adapted

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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 the process called when an organism with an adaptation competes better, survives longer, and passes the adaptation to its offspring? Options: evolution by natural selection, artificial selection, inbreeding, outbreeding

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evolution by natural selection

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Which of the following explains adaptation? Options: An individual organism changes to meet its needs in the environment. These changes pass down to their offspring., The species as a whole changes their characteristics., Beneficial traits allow organism to survive and pass on those traits, New characteristics arise in a species as needed.  If these traits are helpful, they are passed down.

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Beneficial traits allow organism to survive and pass on those traits

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A large herd of goats lives in a field full of poison ivy. Some goats are able to eat the poison ivy while others have become sick when they eat it. Over time the herd as a whole will tend to:

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Become more likely to eat poison ivy.

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When an environment changes faster than a species can adapt, the most likely outcome is...

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species extinction