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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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Invasive species thrive in their new environments due to...

• Few predators
• Reproducing quickly
• Quick adaptability
• All of the above

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A trait possessed by certain individuals that are exposed to a pesticide and survive, then passes the trait on to offspring.

• Pesticide resistance

• Pesticide exclusion

• Bycatch

• Industrial pestide

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Which of the following adaptations are used by animals of the Arctic tundra?

• Rodents burrow underground for winter protection.

• Deer and foxes use seasonal camouflage.

• Geese and caribou migrate to avoid predators.

• All of the above

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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 organism knew it needed that trait, survives, and passes it on.

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In order for Evolution to happen you need

• Genetic Variation, Selective Pressure, and Inheritance

• Mutations, predators, inheritance

• Predators

• Selection

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The change in traits over time in a population is known as

• Evolution

• Mutation

• Selection

• Traits

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Who developed the theory of natural selection?

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Darwin

• James Hutton

• Gregor Mendel

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What is an example of natural selection?

• tortoise population that eats tall cacti develops longer necks over time

• a dog breed becomes smaller because of human demand

• a white moth is predated on a dark tree

• a population of trees is killed by a large flood

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What is fitness?

• How strong an organism is

• How well adapted an organism is to its environment

• The lifespan of an organism

• The characteristics that can be passed on to the next generation

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