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In the PhET simulation of natural selection, the species that was evolving was

• wolves

• rabbits

• plants

• seasons

Genetic variations could be created in what rabbit traits? (select all that apply)

• shape of ears

• fur color

• ability to hop

• length of teeth

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The variables in the environment that could be manipulated were (select all)

• season (color of ground)

• amount of rain

• predators

• type of plant food

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Predict what will happen to the rabbit population in this environment.

• The rabbits will become extinct.

• Rabbits with brown fur will survive and reproduce more than rabbits with white fur.

• Rabbits with white fur will survive and reproduce more than rabbits with brown fur.

• Rabbits with big teeth will survive and reproduce more than rabbits with small teeth.

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What is the selecting factor in the environment?

• The type of food

• The amount of food

• The predator (wolves)

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What is the survival advantage of having brown fur?

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In this scenario, the rabbit population will evolve by

• increasing the percentage that have white fur ONLY

• increasing the percentage that have long teeth ONLY

• increasing the percentage that have white fur and long teeth

• increasing the percentage that have white fur, long teeth and floppy ears

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What is natural selection?

• a living individual that can carry out life processes

• Process by which an organism that better adapts to their environment survive and reproduce

• Process by which a community better adapts to their environment to give traits to one another within their generation.

• the time between when an organism is born and when they reproduce

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What is a mutation?

• a total of all biotic and abiotic things

• the time between when an organism is born and when they reproduce

• A change in the DNA sequence.

• an ancestor that two or more descendents have in common.

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Dark colored moths on dark colored trees is ___.

• an adaptation

• natural selection

• a finite resource

• selective breeding

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