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Natural Selection

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest.
a)
Extinction
b)
Speciation
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Artificial Selection
2.

Natural selection explains HOW organisms change over time. What is the process in which populations are changed over time?

a)

Digestion

b)

Elimination

c)

Evolution

d)

Adaptation

3.

What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

a)

natural selection

b)

mutation

c)

camouflage

d)

adaptation

4.

Why is the mouse population changing over time? (You can enlarge the picture by placing your cursor on it.)

a)

The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

5.

According to natural selection, light colored tree trunks would favor ___________________________.

a)

light colored moths

b)

dark colored moths

c)

red colored moths

d)

red and light colored moths

6.

Why are advantageous (better fit) traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

a)

They are more likely to survive and reproduce.

b)

They are more likely to die and not reproduce.

c)

They are able to reproduce more offspring.

7.

Predict which moth would increase in population over time.

a)

light colored

b)

dark colored

8.

What is the best claim for this image?

a)

The grey wolves are best adapted to the Arctic

b)

The brown rabbits are best adapted to the Arctic.

c)

The white rabbits are best adapted to the Arctic.

9.

If Easter eggs were living species of organisms, their different colors would be considered:

a)

Adaptations

b)

Variations

c)

Different species

d)

Extinct species

10.
Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?
a)
Yes, they know they need to change to survive 
b)
No, they change because of natural selection
11.

Natural selection occurs during the lifetime of a single organism.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

TRUE or FALSE: Natural selection will still occur if individuals are exactly the same.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.
Most organisms have more offspring than will survive 
a)
True
b)
False
14.

In a population of ladybugs, black bugs are more successful in escaping predators. Overtime, this gene becomes more popular in the population and the ladybug population loses its red color. This is an example of?

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Mutation

c)

Genetic Drift

d)

Gene Flow

15.
This scientist came up with the idea of natural selection.
a)
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
b)
Gregor Mendel
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Thomas Malthus
16.
Evolution typically happens...
a)
in a few weeks
b)
over millions of years
c)
never
d)
in 100 years
17.
Bird's beaks evolve mainly due to the type of ___________________ available.
a)
food
b)
water
c)
shrubs
d)
mates
18.
Organisms with differences/variations that are helpful will ______________________
a)
live longer
b)
become extinct
c)
show no change
19.

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

a)

population

b)

species

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

20.
Why do frogs and other organism reproduce so many eggs or offspring?
a)
so that their babies can have friends to play with
b)
the more offspring the more likely the offspring will survive
c)
the more offspring the less likely offspring will survive 
d)
the more offspring the less competition