Natural Selection Quiz

What is an adaptation?

• Traits that offer an advantage that will most likely be passed on to offspring.

• Trait that enhances an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment.

• Traits that organisms develop over a lifetime, such as strong muscles from working out.

• None of the above.

Natural selection is the process by which organisms with traits that better enable them to adapt to their environment will tend to survive and reproduce in greater numbers.

• True

• False

What is an acquired trait?

• a characteristic that a living thing is born with

• a characteristic that a living thing gets during its lifetime

• physical appearance

• heredity

Which organism is more likely to survive and reproduce?

• Black Mouse

• Brown mouse

Which organism is more likely to die and not pass on its genes?

• Yellow caterpillar

• brown caterpillar

What adaptation is represented by the image?

• Camouflage

• Beak Design

• Hibernation

• Seed Dispersal

Which organism is more likely to survive and reproduce?

• black moth

• brown moth

Species can change over time and adapt to their environment.

• True

• False

Adaptations that help an organism survive appear quickly.

• True

• False

A population of beetles changing from yellow to brown and surviving better is an example of _____.

• Traits

• Natural Selection

• Mutations

• Fashion Sense