Natural Selection and Genetic Drift

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following best illustrates natural selection?
An organism with favorable genetic variations will tend to survive and breed successfully.
A population monopolizes all of the resources in its habitat, forcing other species to migrate.
A community whose members work together utilizing all existing resources and migratory routes.
The largest organisms in a species receive the only breeding opportunities.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following statements best describes what will most likely occur to the moth populations in the image above?
The light moths will be captured by predators more easily than the dark moths, and the population of dark moths will rise.
The light moths will be captured by predators more easily than the dark moths, and the population of light moths will rise.
The dark moths will be captured by predators more easily than the light moths, and the dark moths will probably go extinct.
The light moths will change their wing color to match that of the dark moths.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?
natural selection
mutation
camouflage
adaptation
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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 organism knew it needed that trait, survives, and passes it on.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________
Natural Selection
Genetic Variation
Homeostasis
Extinction
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