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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 theory that organisms best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
"Survival of the fittest."

• Natural selection
• Adaptation
• Extinction
• Fossil

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What is an adaptation that would help an organism to survive in a desert?

• Thick fur to conserve heat

• Scales to prevent water loss

• Sharp claws to aid in climbing

• Golden-tan fur to blend in

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What are any difference between organisms of the same species

• Homologous Structure

• Diversity

• Fossil

• Variation

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True or False: Diversity of a species occurs through gradual processes over many generations.

• true

• false

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Dogs are an example of natural selection.

• True

• False

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The different variations of the same trait or characteristic.

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Allele

• DNA

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When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called what?

• Selective breeding

• Natural Selection

• Cloning

• Evolution of all species

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Dark mice are more likely to survive in the dark rocks because the predators cannot see them as easily.

• True

• False

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Darwin observed many birds that had many different beak shapes and sizes. There were few beaks that were similar because of…

• competition for the same type of food

• competition for a specific concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere

• the presence of an excessive number of autotrophs

• the presence of a disease that attacks birds with similar beak

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