Natural Selection

What happened to beak length over generations from 1960 to 2010?

• The distribution of short beaks increased.

• The distribution of long beaks increased.

• The distribution of medium beaks increased.

• The distribution of medium beaks decreased.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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The poison of the newt was a(n) __________________________ against the snakes in the environment.

• generation

• distribution

• non-adaptive trait

• adaptive trait

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a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment.

• Adaptive Trait

• Nonadaptive trait

• population

• Genergation

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the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations

• Evolution

• Mutation

• Adaptive Trait

• Natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which location has guppies with medium spot size as the adaptive trait?

• Population in Brazil

• Population in Venezuela

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which statement is correct about the evolution of guppies?

• Small spot size was the adaptive trait 40 years ago.

• Medium spot size was the non-adaptive trait last year.

• Guppies evolved from large to medium spot size over time.

• Guppies evolved from medium to large spot size over time.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which location had short giraffes as the

non-adaptive trait?

• Population in Niger

• Population in Somalia

Which prediction demonstrates white fur as the adaptive trait?

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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