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This person is shown in the image. What does he have to do with this class?

• He is the teacher of this class.

• He is a famous scientist unrelated to this class.

• He is a student from another school.

• He is a historical figure with no connection to this class.

Natural Selection is:

• the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

• the random change in DNA sequences in a population.

• the process of organisms choosing their own mates.

• the artificial breeding of plants and animals by humans.

Normal fruit flies have a _________

• courtship dance

• swimming pattern

• nest building

• song repertoire

The purpose of the experiment conducted by evolutionary biologists with fruit flies in total darkness was to:

• study the effects of darkness on fruit fly evolution

• observe fruit fly behavior in light conditions

• test fruit fly response to different temperatures

• analyze fruit fly diet preferences

After only fourteen generations of new flies, what happened to the mating behaviors of fruit flies?

• A new form of mating behaviors evolved responding to a change in the environment.

• The flies stopped mating altogether.

• The flies began to reproduce asexually.

• There was no change in mating behaviors.

Prior to 1850, which variety of the peppered moth was harder to detect against the trees?

• Gray

• Black

• Both were equally hard to detect

• Neither was hard to detect

After the Industrial Revolution darkened the trees, which variety of the peppered moth became dominant?

• Gray

• Black

• Both

• Neither

Fill in the blank. The Industrial Revolution darkened the trees, and within a few decades the once-rare _______ variety became dominant.

• black

• white

• green

• red

According to the slide 'Enough with the bugs already', one characteristic of humans that is often a product of natural selection is _________

• Skin color

• Height

• Eye color

• Blood type

According to the slide 'Enough with the bugs already', one characteristic of humans that is often a product of natural selection is _________.

• Lactose tolerance

• Blue eyes

• Left-handedness

• Baldness