Evolution and Natural Selection

____ is when members of a species that are best suited for their environment survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other members of the species

• natural selection
• artificial selection
• speciation
• adaptation

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Which of the following means "change over time"

• natural selection
• speciation
• evolution
• isolation

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

• theories
• variations
• adaptations
• genes

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___ are changes in the DNA that cause variation within a species.

• mutations

• adaptations

• speciations

• isolations

Any inherited trait that gives an organism an advantage in its environment is called ___.

• a mutation
• an adaptation
• evolution
• natural selection

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed on to the offspring?

• Because parents with those traits can teach their offspring
• Because parents with those traits can surive and reproduce better
• Because parents with those traits care more about their offspring

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Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce:

• Fewer mutations
• Stronger genes
• More offspring
• Better traits

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An inherited characteristic that increases an organisms ability to survive and reproduce in its specific environment is called a(n)

• vestigial structure
• speciation
• analogous structure
• adaptation

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According to the theory of natural selection, some individuals more likely than others to survive and reproduce because they:

• pass on to their offspring their newly acquired traits.
• are better adapted to their environment than others and will pass on those adaptations to future offspring.
• do not pass on newly acquired traits.
• produce fewer offspring than others in the same environment.

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When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artificial Selection

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