Jalynn Evolution Quiz

change in heritable traits of a population over generations

• natural selection

• adaptation

• evolution

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process that describes how populations of organisms adapt and change due to an ever-changing world

• adaptation

• natural selection

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a difference between two organisms

• variation

• natural selection

• adaptations

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Darwin's work on the theory of natural selection provided scientists with new interpretations of how species changed over time.

• True

• False

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Organisms do not have to adapt to their environment in order to survive.

• True

• False

Which of the following would most likely contribute to extinction?

• not hibernating

• having a single food source

• raising cubs alone

• having very few natural predators

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Natural selection removes all negative traits in a population.

• True

• False

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

• The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better

• The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

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Charles Darwin came up with this theory 

• Natural Selection
• Mutation

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The image shows light and dark colored moths that live on a tree. Which result is most likely to occur to the moth population over time due to predation?

• The number of light colored moths in the population will increase

• There will be more dark colored moths than light colored moths

• The number of light colored moths will decrease

• The dark colored moths will move to a different type of tree

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