TEST: ECOLOGY, NATURAL SELECTION, EVOLUTION

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What are organisms that get their energy from both plants and animals called?

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Omnivores

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Which type of organism primarily eats plants?

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Herbivores

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What is the process called where better adapted organisms survive to pass traits to their offspring?

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Natural Selection

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What do you call a food web's top predators that eat other animals?

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Carnivores

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What is a phylogenetic tree used for?

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To show evolutionary relationships between species based on genetic similarities.

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What are adaptations?

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Traits that enhance an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment.

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Give an example of an adaptation that helps an animal survive in cold weather.

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Thick fur or blubber.

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What is camouflage?

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An adaptation that allows an organism to blend in with its environment to avoid detection.

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What is the term for the extinction of a species?

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Extinction.

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What is artificial selection?

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The process by which humans breed organisms for specific traits.