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Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
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Chapter 1, Problem 3A
How is the process of natural selection different from that of artificial selection?
a. Natural selection produces more variation.
b. Natural selection makes an individual better adapted.
c. Artificial selection is a result of human intervention.
d. Artificial selection results in better adaptations.
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Which statement illustrates the connection between natural selection and overreproduction of a population?
a) populations vary in their inherited traits.
b) species produce more offspring than can survive in the environment.
c) individuals with inherited traits that promote survival tend to have more surviving offspring.
d) individuals with traits that do not enhance survival cannot reproduce.
Which BEST describes how survival of the fittest relates to natural selection?
A) Organisms with favorable traits will be naturally selected to pass their traits on to the next generation.
B) Organisms with the lowest gene mutations will be naturally selected to pass their traits on to the next generation.
C) Organisms with the most recessive genes will be naturally selected to pass their traits on to the next generation.
D) Organisms living in a stable environment will be naturally selected to pass their traits on to the next generation.
Which is the best description of evolution?
A. Animals become more complex over time.
B. Plants become more complex over time.
C. Life changes over time.
D. Allele frequencies change in a population.
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