Natural Selection Vocabulary.

Question 1

Natural Selection

Answer 1

The process by which individuals are better suited to their environment to survive and reproduce most successfully.

Question 2

Fitness

Answer 2

An organisms ability to reproduce better than others.

Question 3

Genetic Variation

Answer 3

Variations that must be passed down through generations to affect natural selection.

Question 4

Decent with modification.

Answer 4

Of the organisms that rare able to out compete other organisms, only some will reproduce and pass their genes on to their offspring.

Question 5

Camouflage

Answer 5

The ability to blend in with one’s environment.

Question 6

Mimicry

Answer 6

looking like another species.

Question 7

Directional Selection

Answer 7

A type of selection where the entire curve moves in one direction because prototypes at one extreme are favored.

Question 8

Stabilizing Selection

Answer 8

A type of selection where genetic variation is decreased because the individuals in the middle of the curve are most fit.

Question 9

Disruptive selection

Answer 9

A type of selection where the individuals a t the ends of the curve are more fit than the individuals in the middle.