Natural Selection, Selective Breeding and Adaptations Review

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring

• Evolution

• Extinction

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce

• Because they come from recessive alleles.

• Because they come from dominant alleles.

What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• natural selection

• mutation

• adaptation

• camouflage

Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• the best adapted

• the strongest

• the fastest

• the most domesticated (tamed

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth

• Light moth

• Both will be equally successful

• Neither will be successful

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

• The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better

• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

• The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

• Natural Selection

• Homeostasis

• Variation

• Extinction

Dogs such as Chihuahuas are examples of....

• Natural Selection

• Mutations

• Selective breeding

A slight difference in an inherited trait between individual members of the same species.

• Variations

• Adaptations

An example of a behavioral adaptation is

• The long neck of a giraffe

• A camel's hump used to store water

• Penguins huddling together for warmth

• A polar bear's white fur used for camouflage