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Individuals within a population can evolve.

• True
• False

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This scientist came up with the idea of natural selection.

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin
• Thomas Malthus

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth
• Light moth
• Both will be equally successful
• Neither will be successful

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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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Due to pollution, a pond becomes darker over time. Which trait variation became more common?

• light fish

• dark fish

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Variations are important in populations because they can lead to new

• species

• extinctions

• habitat loss

• populations

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What word describes the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

• Natural selection

• Selective breeding

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The greater the ____________________, the more likely a species is to survive changes to their environment

• Genetic Diversity

• Species Diversity

• Ecosystem Diversity

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True or False? In Natural selection an animal chooses to adapt in a single generation, and survives.

• true

• false

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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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