Original Project
Evolution and Natural Selection
When inherited traits are favorable to individual organisms, the proportion of individuals in a population that …
Item EN041002: Individual members of a species can vary in their ability to find food and to avoid predators.
Individual members of a species could have differences in inherited characteristics that affect which of the following?
- Both their ability to find food and their ability to avoid predators
- Their ability to find food but not their ability to avoid predators
- Their ability to avoid predators but not their ability to find food
- Neither their ability to find food nor their ability to avoid predators
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| Group | Correct | Total | Percent |
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| Grades | |||
| 6–8 | 1049 | 1914 | 55% |
| 9–12 | 759 | 1158 | 66% |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 832 | 1433 | 58% |
| Female | 933 | 1556 | 60% |
| Primary Language | |||
| English | 1637 | 2748 | 60% |
| Other | 126 | 243 | 52% |