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Which term means a change in inheritable traits in a population over time?
a) evolution
b) mutation
c) genetic diversity
d) fitness

Survival in an environment means an organism has moderate fitness.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Organisms can gain adaptations during their lifetime.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Mutations causing new traits are
a) non-random
b) random
c)
d)

Natural selection is
a) non-random
b) random
c)
d)

Which of the following can be a factor that makes a trait advantageous?
a) competition for food
b) predators
c) environmental conditions
d) all of these

Which term means organisms in a population are genetically different from one another?
a) evolution
b) adaptation
c) variation
d) fitness

An organism that passes on its genes more often has better...
a) evolution
b) competition abilities
c) genetic diversity
d) fitness

The process where some genetic traits in an environment allow for better reproduction and increase in a population.
a) natural selection
b) fitness
c) genetic diversity
d) mutation

A population that can breed.
a) species
b) DNA
c) genetic diversity
d) natural selection

Who is the scientist who discovered the concept of evolution by natural selection?
a) Alfred Wegener
b) Gregor Mendel
c) Charles Darwin
d) Reginald Punnett

Define population.
a) A group that can breed.
b) A group of an organism that live in an area.
c) A change in inheritable traits over time.
d) When a species has enough genetic changes that it becomes a different group.

When a population has enough genetic differences that it can't or won't breed with other members.
a) natural selection
b) speciation
c) DNA mutation
d) fitness

When all the individuals of a species have died.
a) evolution
b) speciation
c) variation
d) extinction

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