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

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Because they come from dominant alleles.

• Because they come from recessive alleles.

• Because the organism knew it needed that trait, survives, and passes it on.

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Mutations are a change in what? (a)  

• DNA
• tRNA
• protein
• rRNA

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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called (a)  

• genes.
• variations.
• traits.
• theories.

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

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What process is being shown in this image? (a)  

• Variation
• Natural Selection
• Selective Breeding
• Homeostasis

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"Organisms that are better adapted to the environment survive to pass traits to their offspring" is the definition of (a)  

• Natural Selection
• Evolution
• Selective Breeding
• Artificial Selection

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Which organisms are most likely to survive? (a)  

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

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What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown?

• Light moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase

• Dark moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase

• Light moths--hunted easily, light moths--population increase

• Lights moths will change their color to match dark moths.

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How do you "win" at natural selection? (a)  

• survive
• go extinct
• survive & reproduce

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Change in a population over time that descend from a common ancestor. (a)  

• Natural Selection
• Selective Breeding
• Homeostasis
• Evolution

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