Natural Selection Homework

The process by which organisms with traits well suited to an environment survive and reproduce better than those less suited.

• Genetic Variation

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

• Environmental Change

Natural selection depends on _________________________ ______________________.

• Genetic Variation

• Environmental Change

• Evolutionary Change

• Population Dynamics

__________________________________ factors determine of "select" which traits will continue to exist in a population.

• Genetic

• Environmental

• Selective

• Evolutionary

Peppered moths have "peppered" wings because...

• They help them camouflage with their environment

• They distract predators

• They help them see at night

Lichen is a small fungus living on trees in England, Europe, and North America.

• True

• False

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the peppered moths' environment?

• Darkened trees and killed lichen

• All the trees died

• All the trees lost their leaves

• Pollution darkened the moth's wings