Phet Natural Selection

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Because they come from dominant alleles.

• Because they come from recessive alleles.

• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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Drawn observed several different types of finches. Why are there so many different types?

• Finches live in different places, but eat the same food.

• Finches live in the same place, but eat different types of food.

• Finches live in different habitats and eat different types of food

• Finches are found all over the world.

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What are the 4 components of Natural Selection?

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Think back to the PHET Interactive: Is there variation in the rabbit population? Give Examples.

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The process by which organisms with variations that help them survive in their environment live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations. (a)  

• Evolution

• Creationism

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

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An inheirted trait that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing in a particular environment. (a)  

• Variation

• Differentiation

• Adaptation

• Genetic Specialist

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Survival of the ​ (a)   means that individuals that are better adapted to their ​ (b)   survive and pass on their ​ (c)   more successfully.

• fittest

• environment

• traits

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Think back to the PHET Interactive: In 50 years, what will natural selection have most likely done to the rabbits?

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Which rabbit had an advantage in the desert? Explain why.

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In your own words, explain what is happening in terms of natural selection in the picture below. Include vocabulary like: Variation, advantage, overproduction and selection

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