What term below is associated with: organisms that are better fit for their environment are more likely to survive, while organisms that are not are less likely to survive?

• Fossilization

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

• Classification

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Which term below means a change in species over times?

• Evolution

• Adaptations

• Overproduction

• Mutation

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Two individuals are born into a species of jellyfish. Each individual has a different variation in the length of its tentacles. Which one is most likely to survive?

• The one with longer tentacles

• The smaller jellyfish who is able to hide

• Neither jellyfish

• The one with the best adaptations for its environment

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What three factors below can influence natural selection?

• overproduction, hibernation & variations

• survival of the fittest, variations & mutations

• predator/prey relationships, mutations & humans

• competition, variations, & overproduction of offspring

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What are variations (differences) within members of a species are controlled by?

• Differences in genes

• People (humans)

• the species environment

• nothing at all

What term best describes traits that help an organism survive and reproduce?

• Mutation

• Adaptation

• Hibernation

• Competition

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Sea turtles can lay about 100 eggs in a nest. Sadly only a couple of the offspring will survive to adulthood. Which term is being explained in the statement above?

• Artifical Selection

• Camouflage

• Competition

• Over production

What is the correct meaning of 'overproduction'?

• when an environment produces too much resources

• a genetic difference among animals

• finding a mate in the wild

• the struggle for limited resources

Variations are...

• similarities in traits between members of the same species

• differences in traits between members of the same species

• factors that influence natural selection

• not important

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If a species does not have enough variation in its genes and the environment changes, what will probably happen to the species?

• The species will produce more offspring

• It will become endangered

• Nothing will happen to the species

• It will become extinct

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