Quiz about Adaptions and Natural Selection

Question 1

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

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Charles Darwin

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Albert Einstein

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Steven Hawking

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Isaac Newton

Question 2

Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)

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Adaptation

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Variation

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Behavior

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Environment

Question 3

When every organism of a species has died.

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Extinction

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Evolution

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Natural Selection

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Artificial Selection

Question 4

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

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Natural Selection

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Evolution

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Extinction

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Artifical Selection

Question 5

What was the name of the ship Darwin traveled the world on?

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HMS Beagle

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SS Beagle

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HMS Bugle

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SS Bugle

Question 6

What are the most studied animals in the galapagos?

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Finches

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Tortoises

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Turtles

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Lizards

Question 7

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

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To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

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To look different from other species.

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To protect itself against predators.

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To protect itself against prey.

Question 8

The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

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The inherited traits of a population.

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The acquired traits of a population.

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Hair color and eye color

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Attractive features.

Question 9

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

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Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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Because they come from dominant alleles.

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Because they come from recessive alleles.

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Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

Question 10

Mutations are a change in what?

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DNA

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tRNA

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genotype

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phenotype

Question 11

What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

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adaptation

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natural selection

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mutation

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camouflage

Question 12

Why do frogs and other organism reproduce so many eggs or offspring?

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the more offspring the more likely the offspring will survive

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so that their babies can have friends to play with

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the more offspring the less likely offspring will survive

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the more offspring the less competition

Question 13

Which organisms are most likely to survive?

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the best adapted

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the fastest

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the strongest

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the most domesticated (tamed)

Question 14

Almost all adaptations started off as?

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mutation

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selective breeding

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physiological

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structural

Question 15

Which of the following means "genetic change over time"

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evolution

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natural selection

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speciation

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fitness

Question 16

Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)

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Adaptation

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Variation

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Behavior

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Environment

Question 17

The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

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variations.

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genes.

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traits.

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theories.

Question 18

When every organism of a given species has died

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Extinction

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Natural Selection

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Homeostasis

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Selective Breeding

Question 19

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

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Dark moth

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Light moth

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Both will be equally successful

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Neither will be successful

Question 20

Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original color. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Accepted Answer

Light moth

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Dark moth

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Both will be equally successful

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Neither will be successful

Question 21

What process is being shown in this image?

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Natural Selection

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Variation

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Selective Breeding

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Homeostasis

Question 22

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

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The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

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The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

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The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better

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The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

Question 23

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

Accepted Answer

Variation

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Natural Selection

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Homeostasis

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Extinction

Question 24

Organisms that are better adapted to the environment survive to pass traits to their offspring

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Natural Selection

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Homeostasis

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Selective Breeding

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Extinction

Question 25

All rabbits living in a particular area would be an example of a(n)

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population

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species

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fossil

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individual organism

Question 26

a bird that can easily outcompete other birds for food and that can produce many eggs has a high

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fitness

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life expectancy

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mutation rate

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adaptability

Question 27

what did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?

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different species on different islands

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all species on one of the islands

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identical species on all the islands

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the same species as North America

Question 28

Natural selection is where ___________ decides which traits should be passed on

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Nature

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A human

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Mr. Holt

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The illuminati

Question 29

People who study fossils are called ____.

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paleontologists

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meterologists

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fossilologists

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fossil hunters

Question 30

In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

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sedimentary  rock

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metamorphic rock

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igneous rock

Question 31

If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

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that water once covered the area

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what fish are like today

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that this fish lacked oxygen

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what kind of animal ate this fish

Question 32

What is another name for natural selection?

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survival of the fittest

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survival of the smartest

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survival of the fastest

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survival of the biggest

Question 33

Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

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Charles Darwin

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Albert Einstein

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Charles Barkley

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Isaac Newton

Question 34

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

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Their beaks

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Their feathers

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Genotypes

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Their body sizes

Question 35

The process by which populations slowly change over time is called__________

Accepted Answer

evolution

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selective breeding

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adaptation

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sepeciation

Question 36

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

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Fossil D is older than fossil C

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Fossil A and C are the same age

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Fossil B is older than fossil C

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Fossils A is older than fossil B

Question 37

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

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Albert Einstein

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Steven Hawking

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Isaac Newton

Question 38

The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

Accepted Answer

The inherited traits of a population.

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The acquired traits of a population.

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Hair color and eye color

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Attractive features.

Question 39

Any inherited trait that gives an organism an advantage in its environment is called ___.

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an adaptation

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a mutation

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evolution

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natural selection

Question 40

Which of the following means "genetic change over time"

Accepted Answer

evolution

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natural selection

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speciation

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fitness

Question 41

Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original color. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Accepted Answer

Light moth

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Dark moth

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Both will be equally successful

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Neither will be successful

Question 42

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

Accepted Answer

Variation

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Natural Selection

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Homeostasis

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Extinction

Question 43

Studied Finches on the Galapagos Islands and is best known for his theory of evolution.

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

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Jean Baptiste

Question 44

The islands are known for their vast number of endemic species in which Charles Darwin observed.

Accepted Answer

Galapagos Islands

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Turks and Caicos

Question 45

The Baker was the name of the ship in which Charles Darwin sailed to study his theory of evolution.

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False

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True

Question 46

Charles Darwin wrote the book "The Origin of Species"

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True

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False

Question 47

The gradual change in a species over time

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Evolution

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Variation

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Darwin's Finches

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Who Cares!

Question 48

A place in an ecosystem where a population lives is called a _________.

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habitat

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community

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evolution

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limiting factor

Question 49

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Accepted Answer

Dark moth

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Light moth

Answer

Both will be equally successful

Answer

Neither will be successful

Question 50

Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original color. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Accepted Answer

Light moth

Answer

Dark moth

Answer

Both will be equally successful

Answer

Neither will be successful

Question 51

Change over time

Accepted Answer

Evolution

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Natural Selection

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Selective Breeding

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Homeostasis

Question 52

What process is being shown in this image?

Accepted Answer

Natural Selection

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Variation

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Selective Breeding

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Homeostasis

Question 53

Which term describes a group of the same species that live in the same area?

Accepted Answer

Population

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Community

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Biome

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Ecosystem

Question 54

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

Accepted Answer

Variation

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Natural Selection

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Homeostasis

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Extinction

Question 55

Which organism has an advantage in its environment?

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The best adapted

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The fastest

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The strongest

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The most tamed

Question 56

Any inherited trait that gives an organism an advantage in its environment is called a _________

Accepted Answer

Adaptation

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Mutation

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Homeostasis

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Selection

Question 57

What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution?

Accepted Answer

Darwin

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Lamarck

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Einstein

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Washington

Question 58

Evolution is a

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theory

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law

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hypothesis

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conclusion

Question 59

The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

Accepted Answer

The inherited traits of a population.

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The acquired traits of a population.

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Hair color and eye color

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Attractive features.

Question 60

Some organisms have colorful appearances to warn their predators (animals that would try to eat them) that they are harmful or do not taste good. If other species, that are not harmful, mimic these colors how would that help them reproduce?

Accepted Answer

The similar markings and colors will increase their chance of predators avoiding them and allow them to survive to reproduce

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The bright colors would help them attract more mates and allow them to reproduce

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Because they have similar colors they can mate with the harmful species to create hybrids

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Bright colors help them be more visible in the dark and most mating occurs after dark

Question 61

Differences in organisms' bodies are called structural adaptations or

Accepted Answer

physical adaptations.

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natural selection.

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genes and traits.

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behavioral adaptations.

Question 62

Organisms with the most beneficial traits will survive.  This is commonly known as

Accepted Answer

survival of the fittest.

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theory of evolution.

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variations.

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ecosystems.

Question 63

This gecko is an example of what type of adaptation?

Accepted Answer

Physical: Camouflage

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Behavioral: Camouflage

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Behavioral: Migration

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Physical: Migration

Question 64

The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

Accepted Answer

variations.

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genes.

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traits.

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theories.

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