NOTES: Natural and Artificial Selection

(a)   helps organisms survive better in their environment.

• Random mutations
• Uncommon traits
• Beneficial traits
• Artificial traits

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What are organisms with beneficial traits more likely to do?

• Survive, reproduce, and pass on their genes

• Become extinct

• Lose their beneficial traits

• Develop new traits

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Which of the following is a cause of genetic variation?

• Photosynthesis

• Mutations

• Gravity

• Erosion

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What is artificial selection driven by?

• Natural forces

• Human preference

• Random chance

• Environmental changes

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What does artificial selection allow humans to do?

• Choose desired traits

• Let nature decide traits

• Randomly select traits

• Ignore traits

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What is one example of adaptation in animals?

• Camouflage

• Photosynthesis

• Migration

• Hibernation

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Which adaptation helps animals survive in cold climates?

• Thick fur

• Camouflage

• Migration

• Hibernation

What does selection help populations become?

• Less resilient

• More resilient

• Less adapted

• More vulnerable

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The fossil record provides evidence for (a)  

• Evolution
• Weather patterns
• Star formation
• Ocean currents

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What is the process by which traits change over generations?

• Evolution

• Stagnation

• Reversion

• Devolution

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