Adaptations/Natural Selection/Selective breeding/Dichotomous Key

What is an adaptation?

• A beneficial characteristic that gives an organism a better chance of survival

• Nature selects individuals that are better suited to their environment to survive

• A beneficial characteristic that gives an organism less of a chance of survival

• The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in their environment

Why do organisms adapt?

• To help them move

• To protect themselves

• To help them get energy

• All of the above

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Having sharp teeth is an example of what type of adaptation?

• Behavioral

• Structural

• Physiological

• None of the above

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When an animals heart rate decreases while it hibernates during the winter, what type of adaptation is that?

• Behavioral

• Structural

• Physiological

• None of the above

A rodent will create a shelter by burrowing in the ground. Which type of adaptation is that?

• Behavioral

• Structural

• Physiological

• None of the above

What does it mean when an animal is "fit?"

• The animal has gains!

• The animal has traits that will help it survive the best in its environment

• It's intelligent but slow

• It's fast but doesn't blend in well with it's environment

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What is natural selection?

• Humans choose which traits are being passed down

• The ability of an organism to survive in their environment

• Nature selects individuals better suited to their environment to survive & reproduce

• Changes in a population over time

What does evolution mean?

• Changes in populations over time

• The ability of an organism to survive in their environment

• Nature selects organisms better suited to their environment to survive & reproduce

• Random changes in DNA

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What is a mutation?

• Humans choose which traits are being passed down

• Changes in a population over time

• Nature selects individuals better suited to their environment to survive & reproduce

• Random changes in DNA

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What did Charles Darwin do?

• Said natural selection was the cause of evolution

• He was the father of genetics

• Invented the microscope

• Said evolution was the cause of natural selection

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