Quiz about Adaptations 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

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 3

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

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Because the parents with the trait are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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Because they come from dominant males

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Because the parents with the trait died before reproducing

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Because the trait is an acquired by the environment

Question 4

What word describes a trait or behavior 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 5

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 6

Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

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No, they change because of natural selection

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Yes, they know they need to change to survive

Question 7

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 8

When every organism of a given species has died

Accepted Answer

Extinction

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Natural Selection

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Homeostasis

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Selective Breeding

Question 9

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 10

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 11

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 12

Which of these statements best describes what Darwin observed on the Galapagos Islands?

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The finch population on each island was unique

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The finches on the islands ate seeds and nuts, but no insects

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The finches on the islands were the same as the finches in Ecuador

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The finches could produce offspring only with finches from other islands

Question 13

Where do adaptations come from?

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Mutations that give an organism an advantage in its environment

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The individual organism decides to adapt

Question 14

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 15

Which best describes the role of mutations in natural selection?

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A mutation may result in an adaptive trait that makes an organism more likely to survive and reproduce

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Mutations help an organism to better survive in their environment

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An organism may acquire a helpful mutation by interacting with the environment

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Organisms with certain traits are more likely to win competitions for mutations

Question 16

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 17

Mutations are important because they bring about

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genetic variation needed for a population to evolve

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death of the organism in which they develop

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benefits for the individual, not for the population

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Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

Question 18

The more genetic variation a population has,

the more likely it is for some individuals to

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survive

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evolve

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migrate

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mutate

Question 19

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

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increase in number

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become extinct

Question 20

Another word for adapt is ____________.

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change

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create

Question 21

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?

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Natural Selection

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Evolution

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Variation

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Adaptation

Question 22

The gradual change in species over time is...

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Evolution

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Nucleotide

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Adaptation

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Natural Selection

Question 23

The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

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Adaptation

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Species

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Environmental Change

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Variation

Question 24

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

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Variation

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Adaptation

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Behavior

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Environment

Question 25

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

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