Natural Selection and Speciation Quiz

What is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring called?

• Mutation

• Natural selection

• Genetic drift

• Artificial selection

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Which term describes the formation of a new species from an existing species?

• Adaptation

• Speciation

• Variation

• Extinction

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What is the term for a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring?

• Genus

• Family

• Species

• Order

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Which scientist is most closely associated with the theory of natural selection?

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Louis Pasteur

• Isaac Newton

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What does the term "fitness" mean in the context of natural selection?

• Physical strength

• Ability to survive and reproduce

• Speed of running

• Size of the organism

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Which of the following best describes a population?

• All the organisms in an ecosystem

• All the members of a species living in a specific area

• All the plants in a forest

• All the animals in a zoo

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Which of the following is an example of a trait that could be selected for by natural selection?

• Eye color in humans

• Camouflage in insects

• Number of planets in the solar system

• Type of rock in a mountain

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What is the result when two populations of the same species become isolated and evolve independently?

• They become extinct

• They may become different species

• They merge into one population

• They stop reproducing

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The male and female black widow spider look very different. However, we know they are the same species because:

• They reproduce creating fertile offspring

• They reproduce creating infertile offspring

• They cannot reproduce

• They are not the same species

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What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive in its environment?

• adaptation
• variation
• homologous structure
• vestigial structure

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