Unit 3 Review Evolution/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 differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.
• variations.
• traits.
• theories.

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Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

• Yes, they know they need to change to survive 
• No, they change because of natural selection

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Which of the following means "change over time"

• natural selection
• speciation
• evolution
• isolation

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Any inherited trait that gives an organism an advantage in its environment is called ___.

• a mutation
• an adaptation
• evolution
• natural selection

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Most organisms have more offspring than will survive 

• True
• False

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What are the most studied animals in the galapagos?

• Finches
• Tortoises
• Turtles
• Lizards

What was the name of the ship Darwin traveled the world on?

• HMS Beagle
• SS Beagle
• HMS Bugle
• SS Bugle

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

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artificial Selection

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