Natural Selection

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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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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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Lots of offspring and limited resources causes competition for those resources.

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Overproduction of offspring

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Differences in the physical traits of organisms

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Variation

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A feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment.

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adaptation

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Living species today come about with changes from common ancestral species that lived in the past.

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Descent with modification

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The peppered moth's color camouflaged it on the light colored tree bark. Its color was an example of a/n: Variation, Dominant trait, Recessive trait, Adaptation

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Adaptation

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Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival.

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Adaptation