5.1: Adaptations and Evolution of Populations

Multiple Choice

Which level of organization does the group pictured represent?

• a community

• a population

• an organism

• an ecosystem

Multiple Select

Click on the image to make it larger-- Choose all that apply: The hawk gets energy from...

• mouse

• rabbit

• wildflowers

• snake

Multiple Choice

When looking at two birds of the same species, you notice that one has darker feathers than the other one. You also notice that one has a beak that is just a little longer. These slight differences within members of the same species are called.....

• Fossils

• Extinction

• Meiosis

• Variations

Multiple Choice

A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____.

• an adaptation

• environment

• response

• stimulus

Multiple Choice

Why did Darwin's finches evolve with differently shaped beaks?

• they interbred

• they had defective genes

• they adapted to eating the same foods on different islands

• they adapted to eating different types of foods

Multiple Choice

How do you "win" at natural selection?

• survive

• go extinct

• survive & reproduce

Multiple Choice

Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• the best adapted

• the fastest

• the strongest

• the most domesticated (tamed)

Multiple Choice

What could cause a species to go extinct?

• Food becomes more plentiful.

• The environment changes drastically and no-one can adapt.

• There is less competition for resources.

• Members of a species have adaptations to enhance survival.