Natural Selection Quiz

A grizzly bear survives because he is well-adapted to his environment. When he reproduces he passes on those traits to his offspring. this process is called

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

• Random mutations

• Variations in a species

If Easter eggs were living species of organisms, their different colors would be considered:

• Adaptations

• Variations

• Different species

• Extinct species

The peppered moth's color camouflaged it on the light colored tree bark. It's color was an example of a/n

• Variation

• Dominant trait

• Recessive trait

• Adaptation

Where are hereditary traits stored in all organisms?

• In the blood

• In the brain

• In the DNA

• In the heart

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Changes in inherited characteristics can cause a species to change into a new one. This change over time is called?

• Graduation

• Selective Breeding

• Revolution

• Evolution

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One female salmon can lay hundreds of eggs. Why doesn't the salmon population increase dramatically?

• Salmon reproduce asexually

• Most offspring do not grow up to reproduce

• Salmon eggs don't hatch

• Salmon are extinct

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Heredity is:

• Survival of the fittest

• The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring

• Believing in false gods

• Unexplained

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Another term for Natural Selection is:

• Breeding

• Commensulism

• Communism

• Survival of the fittest

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Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

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When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artificial Selection

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