Natural Selection

Natural Selection

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25 Qs

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Natural Selection

Natural Selection

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is not an example of an adaptation?

A bird's beak allows it to crack open hard nuts.
A zebra's stripes allow it to confuse its predators.
A frog's large hind legs allow it to jump from danger.
A cat sleeps on the sofa to avoid the vacuum cleaner.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is it called when better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to their offspring.

Evolution
Natural Selection
Extinction
Artifical Selection

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Survival of the Fittest" describes which theory

a) natural selection
b) gravity
c) heredity
d) string theory

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why did the population of peppered moths in England change from light to dark after the Industrial Revolution?

Light moths were easy to see against sooty trees and were eaten
Light moths were killed by soot
The birds that ate the dark moths were killed by soot
Dark moths were produced by industrial processes

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The example of the peppered (brown) moths living near English industrial cities demonstrates that

A change in an environment can result in the evolution of species living there
Evolution occurs so slowly that is it not possible to determine that it has happened in less than a million years
The environment near these cities has always favored dark colored moths

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which organisms are most likely to survive?

the best adapted
the fastest
the strongest
the most domesticated (tamed)

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