Amplify Natural Selection Vocab

What change in the environment caused the evolution? 岩石越小，越适合斑点小的鱼生存。

• The amount of large riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of small riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of riverbed rocks did not change.

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What change in the environment caused the evolution?

• The tree bark became gray.

• The tree bark became black.

• The tree bark became black and gray.

• The tree bark became white.

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Why did the population evolve from medium to thick?

• Medium is the adaptive trait.

• Thick is the non-adaptive trait.

• The environment became more cold.

• The environment became more hot.

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What changed in the environment to cause evolution?

• The water temperature increased.

• The water temperature decreased.

• The water temperature did not change.

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Which prediction supports the following statement? Red is the adaptive trait to survive predators.

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Thick beaks are the non-adaptive trait in the population.

• True

• False

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What is the change in distribution of traits from the population at time 1 to the population at time 2?

• Thin blubber increased.

• Thick blubber decreased.

• The distribution did not change.

• Thin blubber decreased and thick blubber increased.

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What change in the environment caused the evolution?

• The amount of large riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of small riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of riverbed rocks did not change.

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Which of the following best describes 'natural selection'?

• A process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring

• A random change in the DNA sequence

• The movement of individuals into or out of a population

• The intentional breeding of organisms for certain traits

What is the role of mutations in natural selection?

• Mutations provide genetic variation that can lead to evolutionary changes

• Mutations always result in harmful effects on organisms

• Mutations are the main cause of extinction

• Mutations prevent natural selection from occurring

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