Natural Selection Review

Choose which scientist corresponds best with the statement: 
use or disuse

• Darwin 
• Lamarck

Choose which scientist corresponds best with the statement:  populations have variations

• Darwin 
• Lamarck

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Choose which scientist corresponds best with the statement: 
organisms overproduce

• Darwin 
• Lamarck

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Choose which scientist corresponds best with the statement: 
acquired characteristics are inherited

• Darwin 
• Lamarck

Which IS a requirement for natural selection?

• Genes must mutate

• There must be variation in the population

• Traits must be learned throughout life`

• The population must have the same genes

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A rabbit learns that the best water is found in the watering hole after rain. Why can't natural selection act on this?

• Natural selection is a myth

• Natural selection can't act on genes

• There is no variation in knowing about watering holes

• Knowing about watering holes is not inherited

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The Theory of Natural Selection Says....

• Organisms can mutate their genes for survival

• Organisms must have variation in order to survive

• Organisms best adapted to their environment survive and reproduce

• Survival is a matter of chance

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Why did the mouse population change over time?

• Their predators changed

• Their environment changed

• The number of offspring changed

• Their food source changed

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Which type of mouse was able to best survive and reproduce in the white environment?

• White mouse

• Black mouse

• Both were equally able to survive and reproduce

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Why didn't the mouse populations change significantly in Location A?

• The environment stayed the same

• The predators stayed the same

• The food source changed

• The offspring changed

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