Darwin and Natural Selection Mastery test

The practice by which humans select plants or animals for breeding based on desired traits is known as?

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Darwinism

What is the process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do?

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Darwinism

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Within a species there are naturally occurring differences in their traits is known as?

• Evolution

• Adaptations

• Variations

• Mutations

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An inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment is known as?

• adaptation

• genetic variation

• natural selection

• mutation

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What can happen to a species over time if some of the organisms have an advantage?

• The population will decrease
• The population will become extinct
• The population will slowly increase

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The rabbits have babies all year round but some are eaten by foxes or hawks. Which of Darwin's Principles does this represent?

• All populations have variation

• Some variations are favorable

• More offspring are born than can survive

• Those traits are seen more in the population

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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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Another way to say that the animal or plant that survives because of Natural Selection is:

• Herbert Spenser

• Nature

• Survival of the Fittest

Which scientist is considered the father of evolution?

• Jean-Baptist Lamarck

• Hershey and Chase

• Charles Darwin

• Carleous Linnaeus

Which of the following is an example of artificial selection?

• Gorillas are in the wild and have a baby gorilla.

• A group of ants in an ant pile are exterminated by an exterminator.

• A black speckled rabbit is a new favorite among children, a white and black rabbit are picked to make black and white baby bunnies.

• Wolves in the wild have pups.