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Who is the English naturalist that's responsible for Natural Selection?

• Gregor Mendel

• Robert Hooke

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

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Running away from a predator is considered to be _____________ adaptation.

• Structural

• Behavioral

• Physiological

• Camouflage

What word describes the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive  and reproduce?

• natural selection

• adaptation

• mutation

• genetic engineering

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Why do frogs and other organism reproduce so many eggs or offspring?

• so that their babies can have friends to play with

• the more offspring the more likely the offspring will survive

• the more offspring the less likely offspring will survive 

• the more offspring the less competition

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If, after a major change to their habitat, one species of bird (Species A) went extinct and another species of bird (Species B) underwent a massive population increase, what would this mean?

• Species B was better adapted to the altered environment than Species A was.

• Species B killed off Species A.

• Species A got sick.

• Species B had really good luck.

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What does the phrase SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST mean?

• The fastest is more likely to survive

• The strongest is more likely to survive

• The biggest is more likely to survive

• The most adapted to its environment will survive

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The following pic shows what type of adaptation?

• physiological

• behavioral

• structural

• mutation

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 

• Variation 

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection 

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During natural selection, the organisms with the best adaptations..

• Are better adapted to survive

• Reproduce

• Pass on their genes

• All of the above

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Which statement is true comparing natural selection and artificial selection?

• In natural selection, traits benefit humans and in artificial selection, the traits benefit the species

• In natural selection, traits benefit the species and in artificial selection, the traits benefit humans

• In natural and artificial selection, the process takes hundreds of years to occur

• In natural and artificial selection, nature determines what traits will be passed down to offspring.

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