2B Mutation and Natural Selection

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

• The inherited traits of a population.
• The acquired traits of a population.
• Hair color and eye color
• Attractive features.

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It is very common for yellow labs to have bad hips. This is because owners want purebred yellow labs who are good hunting dogs.  This is an example of 

• Natural Selection
• Selective breeding
• Mitosis
• Fossil Record

Giraffes have long necks. This allows them to eat from the tops of trees where other animals cannot reach. This is a result of...

• Natural Selection 
• Adaptation 
• Variation

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A slight difference between species of similar populations 

• Adaptation 
• Trait
• Reproduction 
• Variation 

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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What did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?

• different species on different islands
• all species on one of the islands
• identical species on all the islands
• the same species as North America

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A scientific generalization of how something happens in nature, based on empirical observations of physical behavior.

• Theory
• Law
• Model
• Data

A well-substantiated explanation of why things happens in nature, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment.

• Law
• Theory
• Experiment
• Data

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A mutation occurs in a particular animal and quickly begins to increase in frequency throughout the population.  Which of the following are you most likely to conclude?

• The mutation makes the animal grow larger
• The mutation does not confer any benefit or harm to the animal
• The mutation makes the animal more susceptible to predators
• The mutation increase the probability that the animal will reproduce.

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