Nys Natural Selection

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

• Because they are passed from parent to offspirng
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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What does it mean to be fit?

• Human ability to sweat for evaporative cooling
• The ability to survive and reproduce
• The ability to be healthy and live a long life
• The ability to move in order to survive

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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.
• variations.
• traits.
• theories.

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Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

• Yes, they know they need to change to survive 
• No, they change because of natural selection

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Which of the following means "change over time"

• natural selection
• speciation
• evolution
• isolation

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____ is when members of a species that are best suited for their environment survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other members of the species

• natural selection
• artificial selection
• speciation
• adaptation

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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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Most organisms have more offspring than will survive 

• True
• False

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed on to the offspring?

• Because parents with those traits can teach their offspring
• Because parents with those traits can surive and reproduce better
• Because parents with those traits care more about their offspring

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Which insect is fitter? Why?

• The darker beetle because it blends well with the green leaf. 
• The smallest beetle because it is not as well seen by the chameleon.
• The greener beetle because it is able to blend in with the green leaf.
• The beetle that is able to run the fastest because it is able to flee from the green leaf.  

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