WorksheetsNatural Selection Exit Ticket
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who is the English naturalist that's responsible for Natural Selection?
Gregor Mendel
Robert Hooke
Charles Darwin
Isaac Newton
Running away from a predator is considered to be _____________ adaptation.
Structural
Behavioral
Physiological
Camouflage
What word describes the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive and reproduce?
natural selection
adaptation
mutation
genetic engineering
Why do frogs and other organism reproduce so many eggs or offspring?
so that their babies can have friends to play with
the more offspring the more likely the offspring will survive
the more offspring the less likely offspring will survive
the more offspring the less competition
If, after a major change to their habitat, one species of bird (Species A) went extinct and another species of bird (Species B) underwent a massive population increase, what would this mean?
Species B was better adapted to the altered environment than Species A was.
Species B killed off Species A.
Species A got sick.
Species B had really good luck.
What does the phrase SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST mean?
The fastest is more likely to survive
The strongest is more likely to survive
The biggest is more likely to survive
The most adapted to its environment will survive
The following pic shows what type of adaptation?
physiological
behavioral
structural
mutation
Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?
Evolution
Variation
Adaptation
Natural Selection
During natural selection, the organisms with the best adaptations..
Are better adapted to survive
Reproduce
Pass on their genes
All of the above
Which statement is true comparing natural selection and artificial selection?
In natural selection, traits benefit humans and in artificial selection, the traits benefit the species
In natural selection, traits benefit the species and in artificial selection, the traits benefit humans
In natural and artificial selection, the process takes hundreds of years to occur
In natural and artificial selection, nature determines what traits will be passed down to offspring.
Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection?
People selectively breeding hamsters.
Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.
Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
increase in number
become extinct
According to the theory of natural selection, what will most likely happen to a species that lacks the variations necessary to adapt to a changing environment?
Mutate
Fossilize
Become extinct
Become dormant
What must a species be able to do in order to survive?
Consume a wide variety of food
Maintain a constant body temperature
Destroy competing species
Reproduce successfully
Natural Selection Exit Ticket
A) Genetic drift
B) Natural selection
C) Gene flow
D) Mutation
