Natural Selection

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Gradualism means Natural Selection would normally happen over many generations and very

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slowly

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Punctuated Equilibrium implies catastrophic events caused natural selection to speed up due to great environmental changes.

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True

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According to natural selection, light colored tree trunks would favor

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light colored moths

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Genetic diversity in a species makes long term survival of some members

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more likely

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Over the years, white mice became extinct and darker mice survived. This is

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directional selection

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Birds with smaller beaks die out when a disease kills all food sources except hard nuts.

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adaptive radiation

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A physical trait favored by an environmental change can be called an

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adaptation

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The special niche occupied by a particular species is called a

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habitat

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Natural Selection is driven by a change in the environment and survival of the

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Fittest

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Average phenotypes are favored in the environment, while extremes have lower survival rates.

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stabilizing selection