Adaptations

Which of these COULD be an "adaptation", according to the definition?

• A species changing over time

• An existing trait

• The moment when an organism lives or dies

• A new food source

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What does it mean for a trait to be "beneficial"?

• It is helpful to the organism, in their environment

• It is the best possible trait

• It is only found in FISH named "BEN"

• It is neutral - no help, no harm

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All of these are examples of "adaptations", EXCEPT:

• White fur on polar bears

• Long neck of giraffes

• Opposable thumbs of gorillas

• Inheritable genetic disease

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Why do we not see these "humps" on ALL desert animals?

• It is not a beneficial trait in the desert environment

• The humps can be internal

• Other animals have different beneficial adaptations

• Camels earned their humps by beating all the other desert animals in a race

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What is the "adaptation" in this scenario?

• Green color

• Beak depth

• Brown color

• Leg length

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Predict a likely adaptation in the following scenario: A lava flow turns the desert sand black over a large patch of land. The mice that live there will eventually:

• Adapt to a much larger size

• Adapt to a darker color

• Adapt to a slower speed

• Adapt to have flatter feet

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What adaptations does this graph show?

• Larger beaks

• Lighter birds

• Smaller beaks

• Darker birds

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What adaptation does this graph show?

• Lighter colored mice

• Darker colored mice

• Both light and dark mice

• Darker colored environment

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What environmental change could have pushed primates to adapt their opposable thumb?

(Hard question, take the full time!)

• Asteroid killed off the dinosaurs

• Climate change opened up forests into savannas

• Warmer temperatures reduced body hair

• Predators died out

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