Evolution

Question 1

Natural Selection [1]

Answer 1

• When the environment places a selective pressure on a population, individuals with advantageous traits will have a selective advantage and increase their fitness (the ability to survive & reproduce)

Question 2

Artificial Selection [1]

Answer 2

• Humans choose which individuals have desirable traits, and allowing them to have increased fitness

Question 3

Monoculture [2]

Answer 3

• Populations of individuals that are identical

• Result of artificial selection

Question 4

Selective advantage [1]

Answer 4

• Allows for better survival & reproduction

Question 5

Adaptation [1]

Answer 5

• A variation within population that has a selective advantage due to the environment

Question 6

Evolution [1]

Answer 6

• The change in frequency of heritable traits within population over generations

Question 7

Rapid Growth [2]

Answer 7

• Organisms that rapidly grow and reproduce can produce more mutations that lead to more variation

• Allows for more rapid adaptation and evolution of the population