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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.____ is when members of a species that are best suited for their environment survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other members of the speciesnatural selectionartificial selectionspeciationadaptation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which is necessary for speciation to occur?adaptationmass extinctionisolationacquired traits
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following means "change over time"natural selectionspeciationevolutionisolation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are calledtheoriesvariationsadaptationsgenes
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.___ are mistakes in the DNA that cause variation within a species.mutationsadaptationsspeciationsisolations
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Any inherited trait that gives an organism an advantage in its environment is called ___.a mutationan adaptationevolutionnatural selection
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The evolution of a new species from an existing species is ____.natural selectionisolationspeciationgenetic variation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Organisms with the most beneficial traits will survive. This is commonly known as ___.theory of evolutionvariationssurvival of the fittestecosystems
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Most organisms have more offspring than will surviveTrueFalse
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed on to the offspring?Because parents with those traits can teach their offspringBecause parents with those traits can surive and reproduce betterBecause parents with those traits care more about their offspring