Population Evolution

Variations are important in populations because they can lead to new

• species

• extinctions

• habitat loss

• populations

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The theory of _____ states that organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• evolution

• natural selection

• acquired characteristics

• mutation

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Change over time

• evolution

• natural selection

• punctuated equilibrium

• variation

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He believed that traits acquired during an organism’s lifetime could be passed onto offspring

• Linnaeus

• Lamarck

• Darwin

• Aristotle

A(n) _____ is any variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment.

• variation

• mutation

• adaptation

• evolution

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A yellow morph and green morph of an insect lives in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:

• the green population to increase and the yellow to decrease

• both populations should stay the same

• both populations will increase

• the green population to decrease and the yellow to increaseThis is a wrong answer

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How do you "win" at natural selection?

• survive

• go extinct

• survive & reproduce

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Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Steven Hawking

• Isaac Newton

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Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• the best adapted

• the fastest

• the strongest

• the most domesticated (tamed)

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Change over time

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

• Homeostasis

• Evolution

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