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A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes

• protein
• trait
• DNA
• gene

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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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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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Which of these BEST illustrates natural selection?

• An organism with favorable genetic variation will tend to survive and breed successfully.
• A population monopolizes all of the resources in its habitat, forcing other species to migrate.
• A community whose members work together utilizes all existing resources and migratory routes. 
• The largest organisms in a species receive the only breeding opportunities.

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According to the theory of natural selection, some individuals more likely than others to survive and reproduce because they:

• pass on to their offspring their newly acquired traits.
• are better adapted to their environment than others and will pass on those adaptations to future offspring.
• do not pass on newly acquired traits.
• produce fewer offspring than others in the same environment.

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This is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

• Evolution
• Population
• Environment
• Adaptation

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The phenomenon that refers to the evolution of dark body colors in animal species that live in habitats blackened by soot is known as

• industrial revolution

• industrial melanism

• pollution selection

• Kettlewellanism

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Sean is studying the advantages of selective breeding in plants. He made the following list of possible advantages:

1) Can produce corn that attracts grasshoppers

2) Can develop grass that can grow with less water

3) Can develop wheat that can grow in different types of soil

4) Can produce oranges that are not affected by freezing temperatures

Which items on the list provide logical arguments in favor of selective breeding?

• 1, 2, 3

• 2, 4

• 2, 3, 4

• 3, 4

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This is an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of its species.

• Variation

• Mutation

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Embryology

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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 look cooler.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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