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Natural Selection 3.1 (2/3) Exit Ticket

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5 questions

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Question 1

1.

A mutation is extremely dangerous to an individual’s survival. This is:

Always true

Sometimes true

Never true

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Question 2

2.

Thick blubber is an adaptive trait for seals living in cold water. It is possible for a population of thick blubber seals to have a high distribution of thin blubber seals if:

There was a change to the environment

A mutation for thin blubber was passed down through generations

You do not have enough information to answer this question.

Both a and b

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Question 3

3.

Mutations lead to an adaptive trait:

Always true

Sometimes true

Never true

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Question 4

4.

Traits introduced by mutation will always become more common in a population:

Always true

Sometimes true

Never true

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Question 5

5.

Model a graph of a second generation of species where a mutation occurred in the second generation. Please label the mutation by writing ‘M’ above it.