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Questions Related to natural selection

Individuals with better traits for the new environment have more offspring. The given statement can be related to which of the following phenomena?

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  1. Noe-Lamarckism

  2. Gene drift

  3. Natural selection

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The theory of natural selection was given by Darwin. According to the law of natural selection, nature supports the survival of the fittest. It means that, the individual which is better adapted to the environment, will survive and produce new individual. So, the correct option is C.

Which of the following is a result of natural selection?

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  1. Seedless grapes

  2. Insecticide - resistant mosquitoes

  3. Disease - resistant crop plants

  4. Cattle for high milk yield

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When the insecticides are used on a large scale, the genes in the organism are mutated and then there is no effect of the insecticide on the organism. This is the phenomenon of resistance evolved due to natural selection which allows the development of the mosquitoes which are resistant.

Thus, the correct answer is option B. 

The inherited character long neck in giraffe is an example of 

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  1. Genetic variation

  2. Natural selection

  3. Gene drift

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Long necks and long legs and can reach food high in the trees does not mean that a need to reach high browse was a causative factor in the evolution of those characteristics. Clearly, both Darwin's and Lamarck's conceptions of giraffe evolution were highly speculative.

So, the correct answer is "Natural selection".

Which of the following process is responsible for inheritance during natural selection?

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  1. Crossover

  2. Mutation

  3. Variation

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Natural selection:- The differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over.

principles of natural selection:-
  • 1) Variation. Organisms (within populations) exhibit individual         variation in appearance and behavior.
  • 2) Inheritance. Some traits are consistently passed on from parent to offspring.
  • 3) High rate of population growth.
  • 4) Differential survival and reproduction.    So, the correct answer is"All of the above".                                                                                  

Darwin's finches are an example of 

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  1. Genetic variation

  2. Adaptive radiation

  3. Convergent evolution

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Darwin observed amazing diversity among the creatures which originated from a particular geographical area and radiated to the other habitat. The diversity in the type of beaks of finches adapted to different feeding habits on the Galapagos islands is considered as an example of adaptive radiation and serves as an evidence for an origin of species by natural selection.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Which of the following defines the relation between adaptive radiation and natural selection?

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  1. Natural selection is usually the principle mechanism driving adaptive radiation.

  2. Natural selection leads to adaptation during adaptive radiation.

  3. Natural selection causes mutational changes during adaptive radiation.

  4. All of the above.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Natural selection and adaptive radiation are related to each other. A progressive change in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into two or more groups to adapt to the changing environment is called an adaptive radiation. Natural selection is the adaptation of the individual towards the changing environment to survive. So, natural selection is the principal mechanism driving adaptive radiation. So, the correct option is A.

Warrior ants have a chemical signal that tells other ants in the family not to attack. Some have adapted and learned to imitate the chemical signal from other colonies so they can invade and take over another colony and the workers will never know. The given example can be related to 

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  1. Genetic variation

  2. Mutation

  3. Natural selection

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The given example is of natural selection. According to the theory of natural selection, nature supports the survival of the fittest. It means, only those individuals will survive, who adapt themselves to the change in the environment. In the given case, those ants survived, who adapted the mechanism of chemical signalling and were selected by the nature as fittest. Whereas, those organisms died who didn't adapt the mechanism. So, the correct option is B.

Maximum ............ increase the chance of survival.

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  1. Variation

  2. Adaptation

  3. Mutation

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Adaptation:- process by which an animal or plant species becomes fitted to its environment; it is the result of natural selection's acting upon heritable variation.

So, the correct answer is "Adaptation".

Which of the following is considered during natural selection?

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  1. Genetic variation

  2. Differential reproduction

  3. Competition

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Natural selection:- The basic mechanisms of evolution, along with mutation, migration, and genetic drift. Darwin's grand idea of evolution by natural selection is relatively simple but often misunderstood. To find out how it works, imagine a population of beetles: There is variation in traits.

So, the correct answer is "All of the above".

In a habitat, there are red bugs and green bugs. The birds prefer the taste of the red bugs, so soon there are many green bugs and few red bugs. The green bugs reproduce and make more green bugs and eventually there are no more red bugs. The given example can be related to 

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  1. Adaptive radiation

  2. Natural selection

  3. Genetic variation

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The given example is of natural selection. According to the theory of natural selection, nature supports the survival of the fittest. It means, only those individuals will survive, who adapt themselves to the change in the environment. In the given case, bugs adapted the green colouration to survive. They were selected by the nature as fittest. So, the correct option is B.