The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Both will be equally successful

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better

The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown?

Light moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase

Dark moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase

Light moths--hunted easily, light moths--population increase

Lights moths will change their color to match dark moths.

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Both will be equally successful

ability to survive and reproduce in a specific environment

organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate

a growing population causes a scarcity of resources

differences in the DNA sequence

Definition: natural selection

organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate

inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival

a growing population causes a scarcity of resources

differences in the DNA sequence

Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

No, they change because of natural selection

Yes, they know they need to change to survive

a characteristic that all members of a species have

everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism

an instruction for making a protein molecule

a change that happens because of an event

Is being yellow always an adaptive trait in ostrilopes in a yellow environment?

No, it only is when the ostrilopes have predators

Yes, it always is an adaptive trait because of camouflage

No, it never is because ostrilopes don't have adaptive traits

Yes, it always is because carnithons can't see them

What does a histogram show?

The distribution of traits within a population

Adaptive and non-adaptive traits

The variation of features for a species

The variation of adaptive traits within a population

What information can you gain from this histogram?

The population has low variation

The population has high distribution

The population has high variation

The population has no variation

What can you tell about this population of Thornpalms from the histogram?

It has medium to high variation

High water storage is an adaptive trait

What can you tell about this population of newts from the histogram

Most of the newts have high poison levels

Most of the newts have medium poison levels

Low poison level is the adaptive trait

You cannot tell anything about the poison levels

Where do the genes that determine an individual's traits come from?

Parents pass their genes down to their offspring.

An individual can be born with any genes, since genes are random.

Individuals grow genes specific to their environment.

Parents choose which genes their offspring have when each individual is born.

How can an individual be born with an adaptive trait?

The parents had genes for the adaptive trait, which they passed down to the individual.

The individual can choose to change to the adaptive trait when they want to.

The individual can choose to have the adaptive trait at birth.

The parents can choose for the offspring to have genes for the adaptive trait.

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What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution?

Lamarck

Einstein

Washington

Darwin

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All rabbits living in a particular area would be an example of a(n)

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"Survival of the Fittest" describes which theory

a) natural selection

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c) heredity

d) string theory

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Modern whales developed their traits through natural selection. What occurs during the process of natural selection?

Organisms choose mates from other species to create new species

Breeders selectively cross organisms with desired traits

Only the fittest organisms can survive and reproduce

Organisms remain exactly the same over time.

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The example of the peppered (brown) moths living near English industrial cities demonstrates that

A change in an environment can result in the evolution of species living there

Evolution occurs so slowly that is it not possible to determine that it has happened in less than a million years

The environment near these cities has always favored dark colored moths

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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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The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)

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Natural Selection

What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution?

All rabbits living in a particular area would be an example of a(n)

"Survival of the Fittest" describes which theory

Modern whales developed their traits through natural selection. What occurs during the process of natural selection?

The example of the peppered (brown) moths living near English industrial cities demonstrates that

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

The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)

The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce is known as...

Any variation that can help a species survive in a given environment is called...

When every organism of a species has died.

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