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The worksheet focuses on natural selection, exploring concepts such as survival advantages, genotypes, and phenotypes in populations. It includes multiple-choice questions about the effects of alleles on traits, the process of natural selection, and relationships among different organisms based on a cladogram. Key topics include the inheritance of beneficial traits, variations in populations, and the genetic makeup of individuals.

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Natural Selection WS

The worksheet focuses on natural selection, exploring concepts such as survival advantages, genotypes, and phenotypes in populations. It includes multiple-choice questions about the effects of alleles on traits, the process of natural selection, and relationships among different organisms based on a cladogram. Key topics include the inheritance of beneficial traits, variations in populations, and the genetic makeup of individuals.

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Natural selection Worksheet

1. Sometimes, a population is able to survive even though the environment changes. What is a
possible explanation for this?
a. Variations in the population decrease over time.

b. Members of the population decrease in number.

c. Populations pass on traits beneficial for survival.

d. Members of the population exceed the carrying capacity.

2. Select all possible answers:


What genotype(s) will give traits that will provide individuals with an advantage over others in surviving
and reproducing if the recessive allele r is lethal for that trait?
a. RR

b. Rr

c. rr

3. In rabbits, there are four alleles for coat color: C 1, C 2, C 3 and C 4. Each allele is dominant over an
allele with a higher number. For example, C 1 is dominant over C 2, and C 2 is dominant over C 3. C 4 is
recessive to all other C alleles and results in white-furred rabbits. What alleles of the fur color gene are part
of the gene pool?

a. C 4 only

b. C 1, C 2 , and C 3
c. all 4 C alleles

d. C 1 only

4. Natural selection distinguishes between dominant and recessive phenotypes.

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

5. The theory of natural selection describes how advantageous traits are more likely passed down.

a. TRUE

b. FALSE

6. The traits of populations of organisms change over time because of natural selection.

a. TRUE

b. FALSE

7. Natural selection occurs when there is variation in traits passed down in individuals of the same species.
a. TRUE

b. FALSE

8. Phenotype is the genetic makeup of an individual.

a. TRUE

b. FALSE

9. The selection of beneficial traits is a natural process.

a. TRUE

b. FALSE

10. In rabbits living in a wooded environment, there are 4 alleles for coat color: C 1, C 2, C 3 and C 4. Each
allele is dominant over an allele with a higher number. For example, C 1 is dominant over C 2, and C 2 is
dominant over C 3. C 4 is recessive to all other C alleles, and results in white-furred rabbits who are more
likely to be spotted by predators. How does the C 4 allele stay in the gene pool?

a. Heterozygous genotypes with a C 4 allele are carriers.

b. The C 4 C 4 rabbit is selected for by natural selection.

c. C 1 homozygous individuals carry the recessive gene.


use this cladogram to answer the following questions:

11. According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism?

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12. Which two organisms have hair?


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13. According to this cladogram, birds are LEAST related to:


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