Evolution and Natural Selection

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What word describes the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive  and reproduce?

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natural selection

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Almost all adaptations started off as?

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mutation

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Which of the following means "genetic change over time"? Options: natural selection, speciation, evolution, fitness

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evolution

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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

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variations.

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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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What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

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To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

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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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You look at two species and see very similar DNA. What does this likely tell you?

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These animals have a common ancestor.

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Any change in heritable traits within a population over generations.

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Evolution

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Traits that can be passed on from parents to their offspring.

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Heritable traits