Natural Selection

A group of similar organisms that do produce fertile offspring (offspring that can reproduce)

• Species

• Population

• Generation

When species produce more offspring than can survive, this is called

• Overproduction

• Competition

• Predation (predator/prey)

When resources are limited , organisms compete for these resources (food, land), and this is called...

• Predation

• Competition

• Overproduction

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Differences among individual members of the same species (think the finches) is called

• natural selection

• adaptation

• variation

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If green and brown moths live in a forest environment, the fact that the brown moths are easier to see and are less likely to survive is called

• natural selection

• overproduction

• competition

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In this forest environment, why do the green moths survive?

• Their predators don't like the color green

• They fly faster than the brown moths

• Their coloring makes them better adapted to the environment

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What eventually happens to a species when the environment changes and the organisms do not adapt?

• Classification

• Extinction

• Overproduction

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A behavior or structure that allows organisms to survive, reproduce, and pass on traits to offspring is called an

• competition

• variation

• adaptation

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four conditions necessary for natural selection to occur?

• Overproduction

• Struggle to Survive/Competition

• Symbiosis

Which term refers to an organism that hunts and kills for food?

• Prey

• Predator