Evolution and Natural Selection Review

Which answer choice provides a correct definition for natural selection?

• A type of selective breeding where humans control how organisms mate.

• The process of two species evolving in response to a long-term interaction.

• The process where individuals or populations that have characteristics that make them better adapted to their environment survive.

• A change in characteristics among a population from one generation to the next.

Evolution is a change in a population, not an individual

• True

• False

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Which answer choice provides a correct definition for co-evolution?

• The process of becoming adapted to the environment

• The process in which individuals that are better adapted to their surrounding are able to survive

• The process of two species evolving in response to long term interactions with one another

• All of the answer choices provide a correct definition for co-evolution

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Some organisms are more likely to survive because they...

• Have certain physical traits

• Lack certain physical traits

• Have certain behaviors

• Lack certain behaviors

• All of the answer choice provide an explanation why some organism are more likely to survive.

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For evolution to occur in a population, individuals with a trait that is "naturally selected" for must...

• Live a long time

• Be physically stronger than other populations

• Successfully reproduce

• Co-evolve

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Which answer choice is an example of an adaptation?

• A group of deer have thick fur that keeps them warm in the winter time.

• A bird has a beak that allows it to eat a specific type of insect.

• A group of peppered moths has a darker skin color that allows them to blend in with the dark smoke in the sky

• Each answer choice is an example of adaptation.

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Evolution of Resistance (a.k.a. Resistance) is when...

• Two species evolve in response to long-term interactions with each other.

• A species develops the ability to tolerate a chemical or disease-causing agent

• Humans determine how plants and animals mate to produce offspring with specific characteristics.

• A species resists the process of evolution

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In which situation can an organism not adapt?

• When it's physical surroundings change

• When selective breeding occurs

• When it is responding to another organism

• When it's natural resources change

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An organism is resistant to a chemical if it...

• Has a gene that enables it break down the chemical

• Has been periodically exposed to small amounts of the chemical over time

• Was not in the area when the chemical was applied

• Did not eat anything with the chemical on it

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Artificial Selection can be defined as...

• The selective breeding of organisms by humans for specific, desirable characteristics.

• The process where individuals with certain characteristics that make them better adapted to their environment survive

• The change in characteristics of a population from one generation to the next.

• The differences in heredity among a population