Adaptations

This animal's countershading coloration allows for camouflage from both above and below.

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This organism has adapted to have a large, powerful beak with a severe tip that is used for tearing its food.

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This organism has fanning skin flaps attached to the jaw so that when hissing with the jaw open, this gives the impression that it is a much larger organism than it really is in order to scare off predators.

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Which organism has bright coloration as an adaptation?

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This organism's adaptation is a strong, sharp beak for drilling holes

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What is evolution?

• the process through which species hibernate over time

• the process through which species grow over time

• the process through which species change over time

• the process through which species reproduce over time

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One of Charles Darwin’s most famous observations involved

• rabbits

• squirrels

• fishes

• finches

Darwin observed that the finches all shared

• a meal

• a common ancestor

• a common home

• food sources

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One of the key ideas of natural selection is ____________ among species.

• change

• variation

• growth

• reproduction

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This adaptation allows for camouflage and keeping warm and dry in an extremely cold climate.

• marsupian pouch

• countershading coloration

• clear dense coat of fur

• surefootedness