Natural Selection

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A yellow morph and green morph of an insect lives in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:

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the green population to increase and the yellow to decrease

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What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

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adaptation

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Dogs such as Chihuahuas are examples of...

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Artificial Selection 

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Natural Selection is driven by a change in the environment and survival of the

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Fittest

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

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Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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Mutations are a change in what? Options:

DNA

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tRNA

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protein

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rRNA

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DNA

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

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The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

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What process is being shown in this image? Options: Variation, Natural Selection, Selective Breeding, Homeostasis

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Natural Selection

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Where do adaptations come from?

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Both mutations and genetic recombination are sources of adaptation

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"Organisms that are better adapted to the environment survive to pass traits to their offspring"

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Natural Selection

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