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  • Question 1

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    What happens in the process of natural selection?

    A. The organisms with the least variations are best suited to survive harsh conditions.
    B. The organisms that have the adaptations best suited to their environment tend to survive and leave more offspring.
    C. The organisms that develop a beneficial characteristic in their lifetime tend to survive and pass the trait to their offspring.
    D. The organisms that produce the most offspring survive.

  • Question 2

    2 points  

    Organisms with high fitness

    A. do not produce many offspring.
    B. can survive in any environment.
    C. can survive and reproduce.
    D. develop beneficial traits during their lifetime.

  • Question 3

    2 points  

    In           selection, the environment determines which individuals pass on their traits, while in           selection, a farmer or breeder determines which individuals pass on their traits.

    A. artificial; independent
    B. artificial; natural
    C. natural; artificial
    D. natural; Lamarckian

  • Question 4

    2 points  

    All species--living and extinct--are united by descent from ancient common ancestors and exhibit diversity due to natural selection and adaptation, according to the principle of

    A. acquired characteristics.
    B. natural selection.
    C. common descent.
    D. segregation.

  • Question 5

    2 points  

    Which statement supports the idea called descent with modification?

    A. Over many generations, diverse adaptations to changing resource bases that are limited could cause a single species to become extinct.
    B. Over many generations, diverse adaptations to changing resource bases that are limited could cause a single species to split into two or more new species.
    C. Diverse adaptations to changing resource bases that are limited could cause a single species to emigrate to a new location and stay the same.
    D. Diverse adaptations to changing resource bases that are limited could cause a single species to develop adaptations in one generation and pass them on to offspring.

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