Evolution and Natural Selection

Evolution and Natural Selection

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Science

7th - 8th Grade

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Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

natural selection

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Almost all adaptations started off as?

Back

mutation

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

evolution

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

variations.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

Back

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

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

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Back

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

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