Amplify Natural Selection - Critical Juncture Quiz

What is the definition of natural selection?

• A. The process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations

• B. A way of hiding by looking the same as the background

• C. An event or process that leads to a result or change

• D. A random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait

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What is the definition of an adaptive trait?

• A. A trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment

• B. A trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment

• C. A characteristic that all members of a species have

• D. An instruction for making a protein molecule

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What is the definition of a non-adaptive trait?

• A. A trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment

• B. A trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment

• C. A characteristic that all members of a species have

• D. An instruction for making a protein molecule

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What is the role of genes in determining an organism's traits?

• A. Genes are instructions for making protein molecules and protein molecules determine an organism's traits

• B. Genes are instructions for making protein molecules and protein molecules determine an organism's environment

• C. Genes are instructions for making protein molecules and protein molecules determine an organism's distribution

• D. Genes are instructions for making protein molecules and protein molecules determine an organism's generation

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How are traits passed down from generation to generation?

• A. Individuals inherit their genes from their parents

• B. Individuals inherit their traits from their parents

• C. Individuals inherit their environment from their parents

• D. Individuals inherit their distribution from their parents

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What happens to individuals with adaptive traits?

• A. They are more likely to die without having offspring

• B. They are more likely to live longer and have offspring

• C. They are more likely to have non-adaptive traits

• D. They are more likely to have mutations

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What are mutations?

• A. Changes to genes that can lead to changes to protein molecules which can result in changes to traits

• B. Changes to genes that can lead to changes to protein molecules which can result in changes to environments

• C. Changes to genes that can lead to changes to protein molecules which can result in changes to distributions

• D. Changes to genes that can lead to changes to protein molecules which can result in changes to generations

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When will a new trait become more common in a population?

• A. If it is non-adaptive

• B. If it is a mutation

• C. If it is adaptive

• D. If it is a non-adaptive trait

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What is the definition of distribution in a population?

• A. The number of individuals with each trait in a population

• B. The number of individuals with each trait in an environment

• C. The number of individuals with each trait in a generation

• D. The number of individuals with each trait in a feature

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