Natural Selection Review

What is a population?

• A population is a group of the same kinds of organisms living in an area

• A population is a group of different kinds of organisms living in an area

• only one individual

• an entire ecosystem

What are traits?

• Traits are types of vehicles
• specific characteristics an individual has

• Traits are types of food
• Traits are types of clothing

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Within a population all individuals have the same traits.

• True

• False

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Natural selection is NOT which of the following?

• One of processes through which evolution occurs

• when the environment favors certain traits over others

• Nature “selects” which organisms survive and which do not, the organisms best adapted to their environments will survive and those that are not or can not adapt will not survive

• a process that leads to new resources in nature

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What are the two kinds of traits we can have?

• good and evil

• adaptive and non adaptive

• strong and weak

• big and small

What is a mutation?

• A random change in the DNA sequence of a gene

• A type of insect
• A new species of plant
• A change in the weather pattern

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How do new traits arise in a population?

• By random chance alone
• By individuals choosing to develop new traits
• Through environmental changes
• By mutations

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What will determine whether or not a trait is adaptive?

• The color of the trait
• the environment

• The age of the individual
• The size of the trait

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Where do individuals get their genes from?

• From the grocery store
• From the internet
• From their pet
• From their parents

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What do genes make?

• Carbohydrates
• Proteins
• Nucleic acids
• Lipids

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