Adaptations/Inherit Test

What is heredity?

• A dog feeding his young.

• Traits being passed down to offspring from parents

• Characteristics about your family and friends

What are offspring?

• Your grandparents

• My parents

• A parents/plant young

• When the leaves start to turn green and pretty

What does it mean to reproduce?

• to produce again

• to make a similar copy of one's own DNA

• Apples, bell peppers, oranges, and lettuce.

What are three of the inherited characteristics of the prickly pear cactus that helps it to survive?

• paddle shaped pads

• sharp spines

• wavy coating that helps the plant hold in moisture.

• All of the above.

How does the peacock flounder protect itself?

• By its scary looking face.

• Using its sharp teeth

• Lets out poison

• By using camouflage.

How does the changing of color help an organism survive?

• They are able to blend into the background/atmosphere.

• They can become very hard to see

• It helps them run faster

What is competition in terms of surviving?

• Two or more organisms fight to love each other.

• Two or more living organisms need the same resources to survive.

• When the fastest person wins the race.

• The strongest male gets to eat all the duck and chicken.

What does it mean to have advantage?

• When you make all A's and everyone else makes B's.

• You are taller than the other person.

• A characteristic that can help an individual compete.

 

Adaptations can be...

• mutations

• Both B and D

• Behaviors

• Physical characteristics

Adaptation are caused by

• natural selection

• harsh environments

• unique organisms