Natural Selection

Natural Selection

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A resting state through the winter. 
Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

• Locomotion
• Hibernation
• Migration
• Defense

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When an organism has a trait that allows it to blend in with its environment, we call that ____.

• mimicry
• camouflage
• lucky
• sonic hedgehog gene

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The English naturalist that developed the theory of how evolution works.

• Charles Darwin
• Charles M. Schulz
• Charles Dickens
• Charles Norris

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When an organism has a trait that makes it resemble another species, either in looks or behavior, we call that ____

• mimicry
• camouflage
• copycatting
• sonic hedgehog gene

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An opossum playing dead to confuse its predators is an example of

• a behavioral trait

• a physical trait

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Which characteristic is inherited?

• hair color
• sleeping late
• enjoying hiking
• loving to read

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Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• behavior
• learned trait
• inherited trait
• function

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A dog breeder breeds a black poodle with another black poodle to hopefully get only grey poodles. This is an example of

• artificial selection

• selective breeding

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Selective breeding is...

• a process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits

• natural method of producing offspring with desired traits

• creating a new species

• making organisms reproduce during times of stress

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A slight difference in an inherited trait between individual members of the same species.

• variations
• adapatations
• homologous structures
• analogous structures

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The English naturalist that developed the theory of how evolution works.

• Charles Darwin
• Charles M. Schulz
• Charles Dickens
• Charles Norris

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When an organism has a trait that allows it to blend in with its environment, we call that ____.

• mimicry
• camouflage
• lucky
• sonic hedgehog gene

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When an organism has a trait that makes it resemble another species, either in looks or behavior, we call that ____

• mimicry
• camouflage
• copycatting
• sonic hedgehog gene

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When an organism of a species has an adaptation, it will compete for resources better, survive longer and pass that adaptation on to it's offspring. This process is called

• evolution by natural selection
• artificial selection
• inbreeding
• outbreeding

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When an organism of a species is born with a variation in a trait that gives it an advantage in its environment, we call that trait an adaptation.

• true
• false

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An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing.

• variation
• adaptation
• vestigial structure
• mutation

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A slight difference in an inherited trait between individual members of the same species.

• variations
• adapatations
• homologous structures
• analogous structures

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The change over time in populations of related species.

• biological evolution

• transition

• variation

• adaptation

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Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?

• individual
• population
• species
• fossil