L.4 Evolution / Natural Selection

a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

• variation
• adaptation
• species
• evlolution

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the gradual (slow) change in a species over time

• scientific theory
• Galapagos Islands
• adaptation
• evolution

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what members of a species must do for food and other limited resources in order to survive

• compete
• evolution
• share
• reproduce

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any difference between individuals of the same species

• variation
• evolution
• adaptation
• fossil

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process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species

• evolution
• natural selection
• adaptation
• scientific theory

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What is natural selection?

• Your natural fate is decided from birth
• Nature actively chooses who surivives
• Those best suited to demands of environment survive
• The weakest of a species surivie

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after the Industrial Revolution, the largest percentage of peppered moths were 

• dark
• light

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There are three species of birds on an island.  Bird A has a heavy bill for eating seeds.  Bird B has a pointed bill for eating insects.  Bird C has a sharp bill for eating both insects and seeds.  If all insects on the island suddenly disappeared, which bird or birds would be the LEAST affected? 

• Bird A
• Bird B
• Bird C
• Bird A and Bird B

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Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

• natural selection
• inheritance
• artificial selection
• descent withOUT modification

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