Natural Selection Chapter 1 Quiz

NAME

PERIOD:

• Period 1
• Period 2
• Period 3
• Period 4
• Period 5

Having lots of fur in a cold environment would be an example of

• adaptive trait
• non-adaptive trait
• variation
• distribution

Traits that make it less likely that an organism will survive.

• adaptive trait
• non-adaptive trait
• variation
• distribution

What information can you gain from this histogram?

• The population has high distribution.
• The population has low variation.
• The population has high variation.
• The population has no variation.

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

• High water storage is an adaptive trait.
• It has a non-adaptive trait.
• It has medium to high variation.
• It has low variation.

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.

From the picture below, how would you describe the traits of this population?

• All of the butterflies have the same traits because they are in the same population.
• The butterflies must not be in a population because they have different traits.
• None of the butterflies in this population have similar traits because they are all individuals.
• The population has different traits for wing color: some are yellow, some are orange and some are black.

It means everything (living an nonliving) that surrounds the organism.

• population
• histogram
• trait
• environment

All are characteristics of a rough-skinned newt EXCEPT for

• poisonous
• stubby legs
• 12 inches long
• brown and bumpy skin on their back