2021 Evolution TEST

Adaptive Trait means:

• an event or process that leads to a result or change

• a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment

• changes in climate over a long period of time that can be caused by natural events or human activities

• a long piece of DNA that contains many genes

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The definition of Ancestor is:

• a characteristic that all members of a species have

• the number of individuals with each trait in a population

• an event or process that leads to a result or change

• a related organism from a previous generation

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Environment is:

• everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism

• a result or change that happens because of an event or process

• having died out completely and no longer alive anywhere on Earth

• an event or process that leads to a result or change

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To camouflage means:

• to seek out

• to run away

• To hide

• To laugh out loud

Climate Change is:

• an instruction for making a protein molecule

• an event or process that leads to a result or change

• a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of

• changes in climate over a long period of time that can be caused by natural events or human activities

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Which of these is an example of natural selection?

• The largest animal in a population will have more opportunities for reproduction.
• Several species of organisms work together so that they all succeed.
• One species takes all the resources in an environment leaving none for others.
• Organism that are best suited to an environment tend to survive and reproduce more often.

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Which of the following explains adaptation.

• An individual organism changes to meet its needs in the environment. These changes pass down to their offspring.
• The species as a whole changes their characteristics.
• Beneficial traits allow organism to survive and pass on those traits
• New characteristics arise in a species as needed.  If these traits are helpful, they are passed down.

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Which of these would best form a fossil?

• Muscle
• Bone
• Skin 
• Leaves

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When an environment changes faster that an species can adapt, the most likely outcome is...

• ...biological evolution.
• ...voluntary mutation
• ...species extinction
• ...selective breeding

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Some organisms change to resemble their surroundings even when that environment changes.  They most likely do this to

• be easier to see
• be harder to see
• attract a mate
• to adapt their diet

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