natural selection 2

What is natural selection?

• When reproduction occurs and mutations happen.

• When an organism is able to camoflauge in its environment.

• the process whereby organisms that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and reproduce more offspring.

What is an adaptive trait?

• A genetic trait that helps an organism to maximize its survival and reproduction ability

• A trait that makes an animal strong

• a poisonus plant

What is a species?

• A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. 
• A group of organisms that genetically are very different from each other. 
• A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring even if those offspring are infertile.

The differences among a species, like different color bird feathers, are called

• genes.

• variations.

• traits.

Any living thing is called a(n)

• organism

• behavior

• mammal

Group of organisms that all share the same characteristics.

• Family

• Species

• Order

Organisms that belong to the same species can .......... with each other.

• interact

• fight

• breed

A male lion and a female tiger, in a zoo, breed together. The young animals that are produced are called.......

• Tigions

• Ligers