Factors Affecting Biological Diversity Answers

What factors affect natural selection? Select three options.

Natural selection leads to .

Evolution of a species acts on the individuals✔ population of the species, not the ✔ individualspopulation.

⇒ Speciation is the formation of a new species from an existing species and can occur in two phases.

Which of the following explains biodiversity?

Using the drop-down menus, identify the mode of selection explained below.✔ disruptive selectionstabilizing selectiondirectional selection The finches of the Galapagos Islands changed over time as insects became more plentiful. Finches with smaller and longer beaks were favored.

Babies who are born in the mid-range for weight have a greater chance of surviving birth than do babies who are too small or too large.

X disruptive selectionstabilizing selection✔ directional selection In London, peppered moths that were light colored blended in with trees of the area, and were well populated. Over time, pollution caused the bark of the trees to darken, causing a decrease in the number of light colored moths seen. The darker colored moths survived the predators since they were able to blend in with the darkened tree bark, and they reproduced rapidly.