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In an environment without any predators, which of the following mutations would make a bird species more fit?

• a plumage color that matches the foliage color

• a larger body size

• a smaller body size

• a shorter and straighter beak shape

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In an environment with predators, which mutation would make a bird species more fit for the environment?

• plumage color that does NOT match the foliage color

• larger body size

• smaller body size

• shorter and straighter beak shape

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When a species has a random mutation that makes that species more fit for their environment, what will be the effect on their population?

• Their population will increase over time.

• Their population will decrease (go down) over time.

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If a bird species has a random mutation that does not make them any more or any less fit for their environment, but the random mutation does make them more attractive as a mate, what will be the effect on the population of that bird species?

• Over time, the population rate won't change but more and more birds will have the new "attractive" mutation.

• Over time, the population rate will increase and more and more birds will have the new "attractive" mutation.

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When species that are more fit survive and pass their traits onto their offspring, and then those traits become the most common traits in the overall population, it is called_______?

• Natural Selection

• Variation

• Extinction

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____________ is a process of gradual change that takes place over many generations, during which organisms may slowly change into new species.

• Evolution

• Artificial Selection

• Extinction

• Variation

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