Study Guide: Test 5

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA
• tRNA
• genotype
• phenotype

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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 trait is an acquired phenotype.

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Where humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction 
• Artificial Selection

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An adaptation is

• Body parts of different organisms that performs similar functions but do not have similar structures

• The process by which species of organisms change over time

• a trait that helps an organism survive in a particular setting

• When you get bit by a spider and get cool Spider -senses

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A variation is . . .

• when organisms have camouflage like spots or stripes

• an organism from a different dimension

• when you order different food than your friend

• differences between organisms in the same species

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What does 'fitness' mean in natural selection?

• How fast an animal can run

• How much you work out

• How well adapted the animal is to their environment

• How strong an animal is

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What is survival of the fittest?

• Do you even lift brah?

• Only the strong survive

• Hunger Games

• The best adapted animal will live and reproduce

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TRUE OR FALSE: All mutations are bad

• TRUE

• FALSE

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