Natural Selection

What is meant by adaptation?

• An animal can swim in warm water and cold water.

• It is any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment.

• It is a habitat that animals can change.

• They develop over long periods of time.

In the Arctic there is often snow on the ground. Many Arctic animals are able to change their coloration. Which adaptation best helps an Arctic hare survive in its environment?

• thick, white fur
• ability to run fast
• ability to burrow
• a short, fluffy tail

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An organism that survives longer is more likely to produce_______offspring

• less
• the same amount
• more
• no

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Differences that exist naturally among members of a population or species___?

• mutation
• adaptation
• variations
• evolution

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Species with ______variation are ______likely to survive.

• more, less
• less,less
• less,more
• more,more

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Which of the following are variations in these Blue Morphos butterflies? Check all that apply, more than one answer.

• number of wings

• shade of blue

• markings on wings

• they are all insects

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Which peppered moth's color is an adaptation in this picture?

• black

• white

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Arrange these pictures in to show the process of natural selection in order.

• they are in the correct order

• A, C, B, D

• D, C, B, A

• D, A, C, B

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After the industrial revolution what happened to the moth population in England?

• Nothing

• The population changed from black to white.

• The population changed from white to black.

• They all died from air pollution.

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Variation in a species is healthy.

• true

• false

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