Life Science Review

the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring

• natural selection

• variation

• evolution

• genetics

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Individuals in a population that have a variation which gives them an advantage in their environment are more likely to:

• survive and reproduce.

• die and not reproduce.

• move to a different environment.

• change their characteristics to fit the environment.

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Any physical or behavioral characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment is a(n):

• Mutation

• Adaptation

• Phenotype

• Genotype

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What is one possible reason for seeds to have hooks of barbs?

• to stay warm during the winter

• to protect themselves from sunlight

• to get attached to passing animals and get carried away

• to stick to animals and steal nutrients from them

Why might some plants that grow on the shady rain forest floor have large leaves?

• to stay safe from predators

• to attract different animals

• to survive harsh winters with heavy snowfall

• to take in as much sunlight as possible

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The geologic time scale is a record of

• the thickness of sedimentary rock layers

• the rate of fossil formation.

• the life forms and geologic events in Earth’s history

• the time since the evolution of dinosaurs

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a permanent change in the DNA sequence of a gene or chromosome of a cell

• purebred

• traits

• hybrid

• mutation

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increases the genetic diversity

• variation

• trait

• extinction

• genotype

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Imagine a dry, arid desert island with light colored sand. As scientists, we observe two variations of mice fur colors - light color and dark-color. Which mouse would have the selective advantage to live in this environment.

• The dark color because it is easy for the mice to find prey

• The dark color because it is easy for predators to spot these mice in the surrounding sandy environment

• The light colored mouse because it is easy for this mouse to find prey

• The light colored mouse because it is harder for predators to spot these mice in the surrounding sandy environment

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Natural resources are?

• Resources that exist within the environment without humans having to intervene, or put them there.

• Resources that exist within the environment through due to human actions.

• Organic substrates found deep within the earth's lithosphere