Natural Selection Lab

Multiple Choice

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

• Variation

• Inheritance

• competition

• Genes

Multiple Choice

Natural selection

• organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring

• process used by humans to develop new organisms with desirable characteristics

Multiple Choice

"Survival of the fittest" describes which theory

• Natural selection

• Selective breeding

Multiple Choice

How do you "win" at natural selection?

• survive

• go extinct

• survive & reproduce

Multiple Choice

Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• the best adapted
• the fastest
• the strongest
• the most domesticated (tamed)

Multiple Choice

Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

Multiple Choice

True or False: Mutations are changes in the DNA Sequence.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

True or False: The squirrels that survived developed mutated limbs.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: Squirrels that survived had offspring with mutated limb development.

• False
• True

Multiple Select

Which of the following behaviors are NOT allowed during a field lab?

• Walking quietly
• Engaging in group discussions
• Shoving, Pushing, or tripping

• Not listening to instructions

• Walking away from the group without permission