Natural Selection Review

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

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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

• because they are more likely to survive and reproduce

• because they come from dominant alleles

• because they come from recessive alleles

• because the trait is an acquired phenotype

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differences in physical traits of an individual among the species to which it belongs

• species

• variation

• adaptation

• mutation

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The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

• Charles Darwin

• competition

• adaptation

• environmental pressure

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How well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment

• variation

• competition

• natural selection

• fitness

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What physical adaptation helps some organisms breathe under water?

• a. lungs

• b. gills

• c. fins

• d. heart

Bullfrogs are Florida’s largest frog. Frogs spend part of their life cycles in water and part on land. Which physical characteristic is most useful for a water environment?

• Thin skin

• Large eyes

• Webbed feet

• Long, strong legs

Which of the following might change the traits selected for in natural selection?

• A change in the environment

• Variation in the animals

• The animals competing

• The animals producing more offspring

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Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called natural selection. (a)  

• Survival of the Fittest
• Extinction
• Derived trait
• Artificial Selection

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