Natural Selection Flashcards
1
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Give 3 examples of biotic selection factors:
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- Predators
- Disease
- Mating partners
2
Q
Give 3 examples of abiotic selection factors:
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- Temperature
- Sunlight
- Nutrients
3
Q
Identify 3 resources that an individual in a population would compete for
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- Food and water
- Shelter
- Mating partners
4
Q
Three factors attains to natural selection
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Variation
Adaption
Selection factors
5
Q
What is variation?
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Combination of selective factors and adaptive factors that influence an organisms evolution
6
Q
What is adaption?
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The changes in a populations environment that influences evolution
7
Q
What is selection?
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Advantageous differences caused by mutation
8
Q
What is the link between natural selection and evolution?
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Mechanism by which evolution occurs
9
Q
What is meant by natural selection?
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Size and shape of living things will change naturally and gradually by selective factors int he environment
