AP Natural Selection

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7th Grade
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why is competition important for natural selection?
It shows which variations are more successful, allowing the organisms with those variations to survive.
It causes organisms, regardless of which traits they have, to die out, reducing the population size.
It causes organisms to get stronger due to having to outcompete other species.
Competition is not important for natural selection.
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called
genes.
variations.
traits.
theories.
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3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where do adaptations come from?
The individual organism decides to adapt
Mutations that give an organism an advantage in its environment
Genetic recombination during meiosis
Both mutations and genetic recombination are sources of adaptation
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The more genetic variation a population has,
the more likely it is for some individuals to
evolve
migrate
survive
mutate
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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Mutations are important because they bring about
death of the organism in which they develop
genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
benefits for the individual, not for the population
changes in genotype, but not phenotype
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?
Yes, they know they need to change to survive
No, they change because of natural selection
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