Natural Selection Review

A slight difference in an inherited trait. (a)  

• Variation
• Differentiation
• Adaptation
• Genetic Specialist

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An inheirted trait that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing in a particular environment. (a)  

• Variation
• Differentiation
• Adaptation
• Genetic Specialist

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The process by which organisms with variations that help them survive in their environment live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations. (a)  

• Evolution
• Creationism
• Natural Selection
• Mutation

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an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment (a)  

• Camouflage
• Blending
• Mimicry
• Deception

an adaptation in which one species looks like another species. (a)  

• Camouflage
• Blending
• Mimicry
• Deception

Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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The picture shows the members of the Camelidae family. The physical features and the geographical origin of these animals provide evidence that -

• they live in the same type of environment.

• they have slowly evolved to become herbivores.

• they have a common ancestor.

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This lizard looks just like the leaf! What physical adaptation is that? (a)  

• camouflage
• mimicry
• migration

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Which of the following is a physical adaptation for the underlined animal?

• A snake dislocates its jaw to eat a rabbit it just caught.

• A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to pretend to be dead.

• A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.

• A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.

What genetic change allows organisms to survive natural selection in their environments?  (a)  

• learned behavior
• acquired traits
• analogies
• adaptations

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