Natural Selection

What is the name of bird W?

• Certhidea

• Geospiza

• Camarhynchus

• Platyspiza

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Which organism would be least likely to survive a migration?

• A deer with an extra horn

• A bird flying with a flock

• A monarch butterfly with a damaged wing

• A bison that joins a herd

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Why do plants adapt to their environments?

• in order to give the surrounding animals and people enough food to survive

• in order to get the water and sunlight they need to survive in a harsh environment

• in order to block sunlight from the floors of the ocean and the rainforest

• in order to grow very tall and to become as bright and colorful as they can

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

• genes.

• variations.

• traits.

• theories.

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The long and sharp beak of a woodpecker is an example of:

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

Which type of mouse was able to best survive and reproduce in the white environment?

• White mouse

• Black mouse

• Both were equally able to survive and reproduce

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth

• Light moth

• Both will be equally successful

• Neither will be successful

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What does the image represent?

• Founder effect

• Bottleneck effect

• Natural Selection

• Mutations

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Extinction

• Artifical Selection

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The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

• The inherited traits of a population.

• The acquired traits of a population.

• Hair color and eye color

• Attractive features.

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