Natural Selection Quiz

The following are inherited traits of humans EXCEPT...

• long hair
• blue eyes
• long eyelashes
• small dimples

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Katie observes three birds sitting on a tree branch in her yard. All three birds are red with brown on their chests. Which best explains why the three birds have similar appearances?

• The birds have similar diets.
• The birds live in the same habitat.
• The birds are sitting in the same tree.
• The birds are members of the same population.

Look at the picture.
A bird knowing how to build a nest.

• inherited
• learned

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What is an acquired trait?

• a characteristic that a living thing is born with

• a characteristic that a living thing gets during its lifetime

• physical appearance

• heredity

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Are acquired physical traits passed down from parents to offspring?

• yes

• no

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

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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The peppered moth's color camouflaged it on the light colored tree bark. It's color was an example of a/n

• Variation

• Dominant trait

• Recessive trait

• Adaptation

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The action of an organism changing to better suit its new or old environment.

• Natural Selection

• Physical Trait

• Camouflage

• Adaptation

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What adaptation is represented by the image?

• Camouflage

• Beak Design

• Hibernation

• Seed Dispersal

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Which organism is more likely to survive and reproduce?

• Yellow butterfly

• Brown butterfly

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