Natural Selection

Evolution typically happens...

• in a few weeks
• over millions of years
• never
• in 100 years

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Bird's beaks evolve mainly due to the type of ___________________ available.

• food
• water
• shrubs
• mates

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If an organism can't adapt fast enough, this might happen.

• hibernate
• stay the same
• live longer
• become extinct

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Darwin said that the number of offspring an organism has ___________________

• stays the same
• is more than can survive
• is less than needed

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Organisms with differences/variations that are helpful will ______________________

• live longer
• become extinct
• show no change

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What can happen to a species over time if some of the organisms have an advantage?

• The population will decrease
• The population will become extinct
• The population will slowly increase

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Why do peppered moths tend to be the same color as the trees on which they live?

• The coloring goes along with tasting like the tree. 
• It keeps the moth the same temperature as the tree. 
• It makes the moths faster than the birds
• It makes the moths harder to see.

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Which of these is an example of natural selection?

• The largest animal in a population will have more opportunities for reproduction.
• Several species of organisms work together so that they all succeed.
• One species takes all the resources in an environment leaving none for others.
• Organism that are best suited to an environment tend to survive and reproduce more often.

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Which of the following explains adaptation.

• An individual organism changes to meet its needs in the environment. These changes pass down to their offspring.
• The species as a whole changes their characteristics.
• Beneficial traits allow organism to survive and pass on those traits
• New characteristics arise in a species as needed.  If these traits are helpful, they are passed down.

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A large herd of goats lives in a field full of poison ivy.  Some goats are able to eat the poison ivy while others have become sick when they eat it. Over time the herd as a whole will tend to

• Become more likely to eat poison ivy.
• Become less likely to eat poison ivy.
• Not change in the proportion of goats that can and can not eat poison ivy.
• Eat all the poison ivy and leave only plants all the goats can eat.

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