Ecosystem Quiz #2: Adaptations

Being faster than predators, the ability to mimic (copy) one's surroundings, and protective structures (such as claws, sharp teeth, etc), are all ADAPTATIONS that are most crucial for ___________

• Reproduction
• Protection
• Neither answer is correct

A change in the environment that occurred over millions and millions of years is called what?

• Short term environmental change
• Long-term environmental change

Which of the following is NOT an example of a short-term environmental change?

• Hurricanes
• Forest fire
• Volcanic erruptions
• Ice age

True or False- If an ecosystem's source of food/shelter is destroyed due to an environmental event, the organisms in the ecosystem will be able to adapt and live as normal.

• True
• False

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring

• Selective Breeding
• Natural Selection
• Behavioral Adaptation
• Structural Adaptation

Natural selection/Selective breeding is the process where specific traits or characteristics are PICKED to be reproduced in offspring. 

• Natural Selection
• Selective Breeding 

______________ help organisms fit into their environment so they can survive and reproduce. 

• Mutualism
• Biodiversity
• Adaptations
• Selective Breeding

Which of these is an example of natural selection?

• The largest animal in a population will have more opportunities for reproduction.
• One species takes all the resources in an environment leaving none for others.
• Several species of organisms work together so that they all succeed.
• Organism that are best suited to an environment tend to survive and reproduce more often.

 Breeding an organism for a desired trait is the definition of

• selective breeding
• natural selection
• natural breeding
• biological evolution

To adjust to a changing environment means an organism must __________

• adapt
• mutate