Types of Natural Selection

The fastest cheetahs are best able to catch prey so they survive and reproduce at a higher rate.

• Variation

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Disruptive Selection

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Type of natural selection that favors BOTH extreme forms of a characteristic.

• Variation

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Disruptive Selection

Type of natural selection that favors average individuals.

• Variation

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Disruptive Selection

Really dark limpets and really light limpets are safer from predators than medium colored limpets.

• Variation

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Disruptive Selection

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There is genetic variety in populations. This is called ____.

• Variation

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Disruptive Selection

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Organisms that are better adapted survive and reproduce at a higher frequency, causing genetic change in the population.

• Natural Selection

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Disruptive Selection

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Type of natural selection that favors one extreme form of a characteristic.

• Natural Selection

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Disruptive Selection

The environment acts on variations in a population, causing genetic change in the population over time.

• Natural Selection

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Disruptive Selection

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Average sized spiders survive better than spiders that are extra small or extra big.

• Variation

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Disruptive Selection

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What does natural selection act on?

• Variation

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Disruptive Selection

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