Natural Selection and Speciation

The amount of available food can affect an organism's survival.

• True

• False

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Which of the following are reasons a species may go extinct? (Check all that apply.)

• loss of habitat

• new predators

• greater competition

• natural disasters

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Offspring sometimes inherit a gene that has a slight _, or change, from the gene the parent has.

• mutation

• adaptation

• stimulus

• response

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Mutations can be (check all that apply)

• helpful

• harmful

• have no effect

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The process by which populations change over time is called

• adaptation

• natural selection

• evolution

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Natural selection acts upon acquired traits, not inherited traits.

• True

• False

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Check any of the following concepts that are part of natural selection.

• overproduction

• genetic variation

• selection

• adaptation

• playstation

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Speciation occurs when two populations of the same species become so different they can no longer interbreed.

• True

• False

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Who developed the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection?

• Robert Hooke

• Thomas Malthus

• Watson and Crick

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

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Building a nest is an example of a

• behavioral adaptation

• structural adaptation

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