Natural Selection Practice

What is a source of variation in a population?

• Age 
• Mutations
• Health
• Gender

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What is the advantage of birds having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.

• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

• To protect itself against predators.

• To protect itself against prey.

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

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they make the animal look cooler
• Because they choose to change
• It is totally random

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The process where better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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Which of the following would NOT be an adaptation?

• Long, strong running legs
• Claws with a powerful grip
• camouflage
• A scar from a car accident

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Which feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?

• flowers with bright colors
• sharp thorns
• small seeds
• deep roots

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which color of bunnies would be safest from foxes in an arctic area covered with snow?

• grey

• black

• white

• brown

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A population that does not have any variations or adaptations in a changing environment will most likely -

• produce more offspring

• die

• change its traits to survive

• store more food

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An organisms that does not have an adaptation for a changing environment could - (there are 2 answers)

• Develop an adaptation

• Survive and reproduce

• Die

• Struggle to survive and be less likely to reproduce

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