Quiz 5; Quarter 3 Natural Selection

Recall the butterfly hunting activity. There were unique butterflies with different colors and patterns. This is an example of:

• genetic variation
• environmental pressure
• advantage
• reproduction

Recall the butterfly hunting activity. Bird predators were eating some of the butterflies. This is an example of:

• genetic variation
• environmental pressure
• advantage
• reproduction

Recall the butterfly hunting activity. The butterflies that hid or blended in survived. This is an example of:

• genetic variation
• environmental pressure
• advantage
• reproduction

Recall the butterfly hunting activity. The surviving butterflies had offspring that inherited the helpful colors and patterns. This is an example of:

• genetic variation
• environmental pressure
• advantage
• reproduction

Over many generations, the butterflies would adapt to our classroom environment by blending in better than ever. What is this process called?

• sexual reproduction
• metamorphosis
• genetic variation
• natural selection

Slight differences in inherited traits among individual members of a species.

• adaptations
• mutations
• variations

Natural selection is the process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, _________________ better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations.

• compete
• reproduce
• live
• survive

If a ____________ helped a tortoise compete for food, the tortoise lived longer than other tortoises and reproduced more.

• environment
• food
• predator
• variation

An inherited trait that helps a species survive in its environment.

• adaptation
• variation

A forest started with 50% light-peppered moths and 50% dark-peppered moths. There are now 83% of the light color variation and 17% of the dark color variation. Which type of forest environment was it most likely?

• a light forest
• a dark forest
• more information is needed