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The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

• The inherited traits of a population.
• The acquired traits of a population.
• Hair color and eye color
• Attractive features.

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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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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.
• variations.
• traits.
• theories.

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Any characteristic an animal has to survive in its environment

• migration
• populations
• precipitation
• adaptation

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What word means to change physical features or behaviors of a species in response to changes in the environment?

• Adapt

• naturalist

• Organism

• Species

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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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Who suggested that peppered moths were an example of natural selection?

• J.W. Tutt

• JJ Watt

• JJ Redick

• Phil Jackson

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Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce:

• Fewer mutations
• Stronger genes
• More offspring
• Better traits

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an inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival

• biodiversity

• environmental change

• adaptation

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According to natural selection, organisms more suited to their environment are better able to

• Sleep

• Survive

• Perish

• Migrate

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