Quiz – Natural Selection

Question 1 of 6

1. Question

A stable environment with no pressures

Variation in traits among individuals

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Identical traits in every individual

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A total lack of any offspring

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A stable environment with no pressures

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Question 2 of 6

2. Question

Only the largest individuals in every case

Those better adapted to their surroundings

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Those least suited to the environment

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A random half chosen with no cause

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Only the largest individuals in every case

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Question 3 of 6

3. Question

They appear only in non-living matter

They pass to offspring across generations

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They vanish before reproduction occurs

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They spread without any inheritance

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They appear only in non-living matter

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Question 4 of 6

4. Question

That evolution requires a conscious goal

Its remarkable diversity, without planning or judgment

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That all species were designed to be identical

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That environments never influence survival

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That evolution requires a conscious goal

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Question 5 of 6

5. Question

Match each step of natural selection to its description.

Sort elements

Individuals differ in their traits
Environment favors certain variations
Favored traits pass to offspring

Variation

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Selection

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Inheritance

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Question 6 of 6

6. Question

What term describes the differences in traits among individuals that natural selection acts upon?

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