Natural Selection Review

The process of individuals that have physical or behavioral traits that better suit their environment and cause them to survive better and reproduce more is called...

• divergent evolution

• descent with modification

• natural selection

• mimicry

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Natural selection acts on ____, not ____.

• individuals, populations

• populations, individuals

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What does it mean for an individual to be "fit"?

• high likelihood of becoming fossilized

• has multiple habitats

• makes more healthy offspring

• has more mates

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What explains why individuals develop certain traits? (i.e. long neck in giraffes, colorful feathers in peacocks, webbed feet in ducks)

• they are beneficial to them and make them more fit

• they help them acquire more food

• they make them easier to fossilize

• they are easier to pass down to offspring

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What is the cause of ALL genetic variation?

• mutations

• evolution

• adaptations

• non-random mating

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Process of mating specific organisms to create offspring with desired traits

• natural selection

• random mating

• selective breeding

• evolution

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

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

How do you "win" at natural selection?

• survive

• go extinct

• survive & reproduce

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Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• the best adapted
• the fastest
• the strongest
• the most domesticated (tamed)

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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

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