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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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Scientists genetically engineer corn to be immune to corn diseases. This is BENEFICIAL because

• This causes corn to be less likely to reproduce
• This causes corn to be less likely to survive
• This causes corn to be smaller
• This allows increased production of corn

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Any inherited trait that gives an organism an advantage in its environment is called ___.

• a mutation
• an adaptation
• evolution
• natural selection

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Predict which moth would increase in population

• light 
• dark

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A primary benefit of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction is

• increased probability that some offspring will have traits that help them survive in changing conditions.

• the ability to produce offspring without any genetic disorders.

• the decreased probability that some offspring will have genes that are different from the parent, who is already well adapted to the environment.

• the reproduction of clones that can produce a new genes through mutation.

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The different variations of the same trait or characteristic.

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Allele

• DNA

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The term that relates to physical characteristics that are studied in genetics.

• traits

• offspring

• generations

• hybrids

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Which organism is more likely to survive and reproduce?

• Black Mouse

• Brown mouse

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When an environment changes, some organisms are better adapted to deal with the change. What will these organisms do?

• They will survive and reproduce, passing on their genetic traits.

• They will survive but they will not reproduce.

• They will not be able to pass on their genetic traits.

• None of the above

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What happens when a species is unable to adapt to a changing environment?

• it will adapt and become a new species

• it will most likely go extinct

• it will not adapt but will keep on living

• it will move to a new area where it can live

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