Mechanisms of Natural Selection

What word describes the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive  and reproduce?

• natural selection

• adaptation

• mutation

• genetic engineering

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Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• the best adapted for its environment

• the fastest

• the strongest

• the most domesticated (tamed)

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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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Which principle of natural selection describes this?
Birds of the same species have slightly different beaks

• speciation

• overproduction

• variation

• adaptation

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Which principle of natural selection describes this?
There is only enough food for the giraffes with the longest necks.

• speciation

• overproduction

• variation

• competition

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Which principle of natural selection describes this?
Green butterflies blend in with their surroundings and have a greater chance of surviving/passing on their traits

• speciation

• overproduction

• natural selection

• competition

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Which principle of natural selection describes this?
Members of a species have adapted to their environment for so long that they look nothing like their ancestors.

• speciation

• overproduction

• variation

• competition

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These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

• Natural selection

• variation

• adaptation

• speciation

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Which can change over time?

• Individuals

• A really smart rabbit

• Species

• Mutations

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Which is not an example of an adaptation?

• A bird's beak allows it to crack open hard nuts.

• A zebra's stripes allow it to confuse its predators.

• A frog's large hind legs allow it to jump from danger.

• A cat sleeps on the sofa to avoid the vacuum cleaner.

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