NC EOC Review: Adaptations

Favorable traits that help an organism to survive in its environment are called:

• Variations

• Adaptations

• Mutations

• Alleles

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

True or False? Variations that arise will only become prevalent throughout the population IF they are well suited to their environment.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What are the 3 "goals" all organisms must achieve in order to be reproductively successful?

• Survive.

• Reproduce.

• Ensure offspring reproduce.

• Disrupt their homeostasis

• Produce few offspring to conserve energy

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What are the 3 categories or types of adaptations an organism may possess to aid their survival and/or reproduction?

• Structural

• Behavioral

• Physiological/Reproductive

• Geographic

• Parapatric

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What type of adaptations is shown here, by this shark's countershading?

• Structural

• Behavioral

• Physiological

What type of adaptation is shown here, by this camouflaged spider?

• Structural

• Behavioral

• Physiological

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What type of adaptation is shown here, by this caterpillar posing as a snake?

• Structural

• Behavioral

• Physiological

• Mimicry

Bent hind legs and forward-facing eyes, like that of this cheetah, are examples of what adaptation?

• Structural

• Behavioral

• Physiological

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What type of adaptation is shown here, by the migration of these birds?

• Structural

• Behavioral

• Physiological

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Select the term that best matches this definition: The prolonged dormancy of an organism during a hot or dry period.

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Estivation

• Imprinting