Evolution: Artificial and Natural Selection

Which is not a type of adaptation?

• anatomical

• predatory

• physiological

• behavioral

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Traits that help an organism survive are called....

• evolution
• natural selection
• adaptations
• habitats

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Which is an example of a physiological adaptation?

• building a nest
• regulation of body temperature
• long neck of a giraffe
• needles of a pine tree

Most adaptations that help an organism survive are passed on from parent to child as ___traits?

• adaptable
• physical
• more
• inherited

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What do plant breeders and farmers rely on to improve crops and livestock

• Inherited Variation

• Heritable Variation

• Genetic Variation

• Adaptations

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This is a subtle difference that appears in a species, and are all the natural variations that occur in nature.

• Inherited Variation

• Heritable Variation

• Gene Pool

• Artificial Selection

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Artificial selection is where NATURE provides the variation and ____________ determines which traits are valuable to pass on to the next generation.

• NATURE

• MAN

• NATURAL SELECTION

A German Shepard would probably not survive in the wild because...

• the dog is mixed

• the dog is a product of artificial selection and not adapted for the wild.

• the dog is a product of natural selection and is not well fit for the environment

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Competition for food, living space, and other necessities of life.

• Evolution

• Competition

• Adaptations

• The struggle for existence

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Define evolution in genetic terms.

• any change in the frequency of alleles in populations of organisms from generation to generation.

• any change in the frequency of alleles in an individual organism over it's lifespan.

• any change in the frequency of alleles in communities of organisms from generation to generation.

• any change in the frequency of alleles in an ecoystem of organisms from generation to generation.

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