Quiz #5 : ADAPTATION AND SURVIVAL

What genetic change allows organisms to survive natural selection in their environments?

• analogies

• adaptations

• acquired traits

• learned behavior

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How would you define adaptation?

• How an organism grows over time

• All organisms can live in any environment

• How an organism has NOT changed and continues to live in an environment

• Special features or behaviors that allow an organism to survive in an environment

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How do adaptation help animals?

• to hunt for food

• to escape predators

• to survive in their habitats

• all of these are correct

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Which statement best explains why adaptation is necessary for the survival of the species?

• In adaptation, species are able to tolerate the environmental conditions of a place and efficiently compete with other species.

• In adaptation, organism that survive in the changing environment becomes less productive.

• In adaptation, organisms were able to compete but failed to survive.

• In adaptation, the organism with desirable traits become extinct.

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How does changes in environmental condition affect the survival of species?

• Those organisms with weak immune system will increase its perpetuation to diseases.

• Those organisms which cannot produce fertile off spring will have the greater chance of survival.

• Those organisms that possess adaptation to the new conditions will have the greater chance of survival.

• Those organisms chooses to migrate but failed to adapt the new environment will have the greater chance of survival.

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Which of the following shows the effect of environmental changes to adaptation and survival of species?

• Walrus thick skin that can be able to withstand in a cold environment

• Webbed feet of frog, duck and penguin for swimming

• Dying out of dinosaurs during Cretaceous period

• Tongue of frog is use to detect prey

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The polar bear's white fur allows it to hide in the cold arctic. This adaptation is called _____________.

• white on white

• camouflage

• color matching

• behavioral adaptation

A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of ______________.

• response

• stimulus

• adaptation

• environment

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Goats have eyes on the side of the head. What does this adaptation say about the animal?

• He is a prey, and it allows goats to have a wide viewing range.

• Goats are predators.

• He is a prey, and it allows goats to have a smaller viewing range.

• Goats are predators, and this allows them to see more.

Most desert plants have spines. How does this adaptation help them survive in a harsh environment?

• The spines capture water

• The spines will make it rain

• The spines make it colder

• The spines will protect the plant from animals that want to eat it

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