Natural Selection Review

What is evolution?

• an explanation of how all life started

• gradual change over time

• the study of fossils

• a family tree

Organisms with the most beneficial traits will survive. This is commonly known as

• theory of evolution.

• variations.

• survival of the fittest or natural selection

• ecosystems.

Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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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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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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Drawn observed several different types of finches.  Why are there so many different types?

• Finches live in different places, but eat the same food.
• Finches live in the same place, but eat different types of food.
• Finches live in different habitats and eat different types of food.
• Finches are found all over the world.

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

• genes.
• variations.
• traits.
• theories.

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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

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