Natural Selection Exit

According to Darwin's theory of natural selection, the individuals that tend to survive are those that have...

• variations(characteristics) best suited to the environment.

• the best luck.

• the ability to change their bodies to fit the environment.

• the biggest body.

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According to natural selection, light colored tree trunks would favor

• light colored moths

• red colored moths

• dark colored moths

• red and light colored moths

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Which statement is not part of the concept of natural selection?

• Individuals that possess the most favorable variations will have the best chance of reproducing.

• Variation occurs among individuals in a population.

• Genes of an individual adapt to a changing environment.

• More individuals are produced than will survive.

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Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin

• Steven Hawking

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

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Individuals in a population that have a variation (characteristic) which gives them an advantage in their environment are more likely to ...

• survive and reproduce.

• move to a different environment.

• die and not reproduce.

• change their characteristics to fit the environment.

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Color in peppered moths is controlled by genes. A light-colored variety and a dark colored variety of a peppered moth species exist in nature. The moths often rest on tree trunks, and several different species of birds are predators of this moth. Before industrialization in England, the light-colored variety was much more abundant than the dark-colored variety and evidence indicates that many tree trunks at that time were covered with light-colored lichens. Later, industrialization developed and brought pollution which killed the lichens leaving the tree trunks covered with dark-colored soot. The results of a study made in England are shown.

Which conclusion can best be drawn from the information given?

• The trait for dark coloration better suits the peppered moth for survival in non-polluted environments.

• The trait for dark coloration better suits the peppered moth for survival in polluted environments.

• The variation of color in the peppered moth has no influence on survival of the moth.

• A given characteristic may be a favorable adaptation in one environment, but not in another environment.

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Color in peppered moths is controlled by genes. A light-colored variety and a dark colored variety of a peppered moth species exist in nature. The moths often rest on tree trunks, and several different species of birds are predators of this moth. Before industrialization in England, the light-colored variety was much more abundant than the dark-colored variety and evidence indicates that many tree trunks at that time were covered with light-colored lichens. Later, industrialization developed and brought pollution which killed the lichens leaving the tree trunks covered with dark-colored soot. The results of a study made in England are shown.

The percentage of light-colored moths in the polluted environment was closest to?

• 16

• 24

• 42

• 76

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