What is an example of disruptive selection?(1 point)

Question

Responses

Birds with medium-sized beaks are less successful than those with either small or large beaks.
Birds with medium-sized beaks are less successful than those with either small or large beaks.

A mutation leads to new traits in a population.
A mutation leads to new traits in a population.

A disease eliminates a specific genotype.
A disease eliminates a specific genotype.

Predators select prey based on their size.
Predators select prey based on their size.
Question 15
Transitional fossils provide evidence of:(1 point)
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Common ancestry between species
Common ancestry between species

Artificial selection
Artificial selection

Unchanging populations
Unchanging populations

Genetic drift
Genetic drift
Question 16
What type of environment is most likely to preserve fossils?(1 point)
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Dry desert
Dry desert

Sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rock

Volcanic landscape
Volcanic landscape

High mountain ranges
High mountain ranges
Question 17
Fossils help scientists understand:(1 point)
Responses

Genetic mutations
Genetic mutations

The complete ancestry of all species
The complete ancestry of all species

Gene flow
Gene flow

Patterns of extinction and adaptation

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions:

Question 14: What is an example of disruptive selection?

• Response: Birds with medium-sized beaks are less successful than those with either small or large beaks.

Question 15: Transitional fossils provide evidence of:

• Response: Common ancestry between species.

Question 16: What type of environment is most likely to preserve fossils?

• Response: Sedimentary rock.

Question 17: Fossils help scientists understand:

• Response: Patterns of extinction and adaptation.