Natural Selection Quiz SP19

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.
• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
• To protect itself against predators.
• To protect itself against prey.

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

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

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Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

• Yes, they know they need to change to survive 
• No, they change because of natural selection

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

• The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
• The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

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These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

• Natural Selection
• Variation
• Homeostasis
• Extinction

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Which best describes the role of mutations in natural selection?

• Mutations help an organism to better survive in their environment
• An organism may acquire a helpful mutation by interacting with the environment
• A mutation may result in an adaptive trait that makes an organism more likely to survive and reproduce
• Organisms with certain traits are more likely to win competitions for mutations

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A bird that can easily out-compete other birds for food and that can produce many eggs has high

• life expectancy

• acquired traits

• fitness

• adaptability

The more genetic variation a population has, the more likely it is for some individuals to

• evolve

• migrate

• survive

• mutate

Whose theory included "acquired traits" such as a giraffe needing a long neck so they stretch it over time?

• Darwin
• Lamarck