Natural Selection/Adaptations Review

When there are differences in beak shape, spot patterns, or stripes in a species, this is an example of what?

• mutation
• translation
• variation
• transcription

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What process has been used to modify the food we eat?

• selective breeding
• natural selection
• variation
• mimicry

Blue whales migrating to mate and give birth

• behavorial adaptation
• physical adaptation
• neither

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Tree frogs having long, sticky tongues

• behavorial adaptation
• physical adaptation
• neither

Alligators’ eyes being on top of their heads to help them see above the water

• behavorial adaptation
• physical adaptation
• neither

Hedgehogs having stiff spines sticking out of their bodies

• behavorial adaptation
• physical adaptation
• neither

Birds flying south for the winter

• behavorial adaptation
• physical adaptation
• neither

Define adaptation.

• a slight difference in an inherited trait among individual members of a species.
• An adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment
• an inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival and reproduction
• The process of making mRNA from DNA.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Define mutation.

• small changes in traits that cause variation.
• The selection and breeding of organisms for desired traits.
• an inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival and reproduction
• The process of making mRNA from DNA.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Define variation.

• a slight difference in an inherited trait among individual members of a species.
• The selection and breeding of organisms for desired traits.
• an inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival and reproduction
• An adaptation in which one species looks like another species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4