Adaptation review

Fish breathes through gills

• True

• False

Camels store excess amount of food in their

• Humps

• Stomach

• Legs

An inherited trait that helps those organisms that have it to survive

• niche

• structure

• characteristic

• adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.

• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

• To protect itself against predators.

• To protect itself against prey.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which term refers to a farmer choosing the best corn from this year to plant next year?

• natural selection

• selective breeding

• genetic engineering

• genetic transformation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Beak shape depends on...

• where birds live

• who they hang out with

• diet (fish or seeds)

• exercise

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

This is the organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Variation

• Mutation

• Natural Selection

• Gradualism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

This is an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of its species.

• Variation

• Mutation

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Embryology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

This is any variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment.

• Evolution

• Graduation

• Species

• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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

• an adaptation

• environment

• response

• stimulus