Sexual Selection

Flashy tails on many animals is an example of coloration. Why might flashy tailed animals display their colors to another of the same species? 

• make friends
• help build a nest
• attract a mate 
• scare predators

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The males of a bird species do a “dance” and “sing a song” each spring. What is the main purpose of these behaviors? 

• to scare off young birds
• to imprint young birds
• to clean their feathers
• to attract female birds

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A type of natural selection which acts upon an organisms ability to obtain a mate

• Sexual Selection
• Charles Darwin
• Stamen
• Variation

What is sexual dimorphism?

• Mate competition

• Mate choice

• Where male animals display certain mating behaviors

• Where the different sexes have different traits

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

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

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Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• the best adapted
• the fastest
• the strongest
• the most domesticated (tamed)

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