Quiz about 4th 9 Weeks Science Review

Question 1

What measures tempature?

Accepted Answer

Thermometer

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Barometer

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Aneometer

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Wind Vane

Question 2

A ____ studies and forecasts the weather using data gathered from many sources.

Accepted Answer

meteorologist

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geologist

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station model

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biologist

Question 3

This is a wind vane. What does this measure?

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wind direction

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wind speed

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air pressure

Question 4

Hot air moves in __________________direction.

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Upward

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Downward

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Circular

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Sideways

Question 5

When severe weather conditions already exist, a(n) ____ is issued

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warning

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advisory

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watch

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station model

Question 6

This is a barometer. What does it measure?

Accepted Answer

air pressure

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humidity

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wind speed

Question 7

This symbol represents

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a stationary front

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a cold front

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an occluded front

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a warm front

Question 8

What is the correct definition of a COLD front?

Accepted Answer

When a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass

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When a warm air mass overrides a cold air mass

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When a cold front catches up to a warm front

Question 9

What type of front is on the map?

Accepted Answer

cold front

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warm front

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stationary front

Question 10

What does this symbol represent?

Accepted Answer

stationary front

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warm front

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cold front

Question 11

Precipitation and storms occur ____.

Accepted Answer

in low-pressure systems

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in high-pressure systems

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in polar zones

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at fronts

Question 12

Low, layered gray clouds that produce light precipitation are ____ clouds

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stratus

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cumulus

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cirrus

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nimbus

Question 13

The cold front is moving

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east and southeast

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west and northwest

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north

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south

Question 14

____ forms when raindrops pass through a layer of freezing air near Earth's surface, forming ice pellets

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Sleet

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Fog

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Hail

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Rain

Question 15

The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a ____.

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front

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storm

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climate

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flood

Question 16

A(n) ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

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air mass

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cloud

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tornado

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front

Question 17

True or False:

Warm air can contain more water vapor than cool air.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 18

Look at the point labeled B on the weather map. What kind of weather can you expect here?

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Rainy

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Cold and windy

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Sunny and calm

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Snow and wind

Question 19

Which weather tool measures air pressure?

Accepted Answer

barometer

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thermometer

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anemometer

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psychrometer

Question 20

This is an anemometer. What does it measure?

Accepted Answer

wind speed

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humidity

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air pressure

Question 21

Violent storms generally form along ____.

Accepted Answer

cold fronts

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occluded fronts

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warm fronts

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stationary fronts

Question 22

A high pressure system brings what type of weather?

Accepted Answer

clear skies

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stormy, cloudy weather

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hurricanes

Question 23

Masses of puffy, white clouds, often with flat bases, that form when air currents rise are called ____ clouds.

Accepted Answer

cumulus

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stratus

Question 24

This is a wind vane. What does this measure?

Accepted Answer

wind direction

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wind speed

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air pressure

Question 25

The cold front is moving

Accepted Answer

east and southeast

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west and northwest

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north

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south

Question 26

This is a rain gauge. What does it measure?

Accepted Answer

the amount of precipitation

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wind speed

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humidity

Question 27

True or False:

Warm air can contain more water vapor than cool air.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 28

What is the correct definition of a COLD front?

Accepted Answer

When a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass

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When a warm air mass overrides a cold air mass

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When a cold front catches up to a warm front

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences, or effects, weather?

Accepted Answer

Heat waves

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Temperature

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Humidity

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Air pressure

Question 30

The interaction of air, water, and ____ causes weather.

Accepted Answer

the Sun

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humidity

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land

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wind

Question 31

What type of weather is happening in North Carolina?

Accepted Answer

sunny

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rainy

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cloudy

Question 32

Cold air moves in ______________direction.

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Downward

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Upward

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Left to right

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Circular

Question 33

A low pressure system brings what type of weather?

Accepted Answer

storms

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clear skies

Question 34

What causes warm air to rise?

Accepted Answer

the fact that it's less dense than cold air

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The fact that it weighs more than cold air

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The fact that it has higher pressure than cold

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the fact that its more dense than cold air

Question 35

Which weather tool measures air pressure?

Accepted Answer

barometer

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thermometer

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anemometer

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psychrometer

Question 36

Areas of low-pressure usually have ____.

Accepted Answer

cloudy weather

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good weather

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descending air

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none of the above

Question 37

Which of the following is NOT a main type of weather front?

Accepted Answer

Active front

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Warm front

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Cold front

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Stationary front

Question 38

What does this symbol represent?

Accepted Answer

stationary front

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warm front

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cold front

Question 39

This symbol represents

Accepted Answer

a stationary front

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a cold front

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an occluded front

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a warm front

Question 40

After a warm front passes through what type of weather will there be?

Accepted Answer

Rainy or stormy, and cloudy

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Clear, dry, and sunny

Question 41

In a cold environment what would be some adaptive traits? Sellect all that apply.

Accepted Answer

thick blubber

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thick fur

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thin fur

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strong muscles

Question 42

What is a trait?

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the quality or characteristic of an organism

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a color

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the DNA of an organism

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when mutatuons cause extra limbs.

Question 43

Dogs evolved from wolves as an example of....

Accepted Answer

Selective Breeding

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Natural Selection

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Mutations

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Extinction

Question 44

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

Accepted Answer

Variation

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Natural Selection

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Homeostasis

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Extinction

Question 45

If an organism can't adapt fast enough, this might happen.

Accepted Answer

become extinct

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hibernate

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stay the same

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live longer

Question 46

Predict which moth would increase in population

Accepted Answer

dark

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light

Question 47

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

Accepted Answer

increase in number

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become extinct

Question 48

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

Accepted Answer

The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

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The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

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The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better

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The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

Question 49

The English naturalist that developed the theory of how evolution works.

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

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Charles M. Schulz

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Charles Dickens

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Charles Norris

Question 50

A yellow morph and green morph of an insect lives in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:

Accepted Answer

the green population to increase and the yellow to decrease

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both populations should stay the same

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both populations will increase

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the green population to decrease and the yellow to increaseThis is a wrong answer

Question 51

Due to pollution, a pond becomes darker over time. Which trait variation became more common?

Accepted Answer

dark fish

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light fish

Question 52

Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

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Albert Einstein

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Charles Barkley

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Isaac Newton

Question 53

Another word for adapt is ____________.

Accepted Answer

change

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create

Question 54

To adjust to a changing environment

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Adapt

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Mutation

Question 55

What is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

variation

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diversity of species

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vestigial structures

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DNA studies

Question 56

What process is being shown in this image?

Accepted Answer

Natural Selection

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Variation

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Selective Breeding

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Homeostasis

Question 57

In a cold environment what would be some adaptive traits? Sellect all that apply.

Accepted Answer

thick blubber

Accepted Answer

thick fur

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thin fur

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strong muscles

Question 58

What is the best definition of animal adaptation?

Accepted Answer

Characteristics that help animals survive.

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Changes to an animal's diet.

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Characteristics of an animal's habitat.

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Skills learned in order to hunt.

Question 59

Based on the picture above, what structures allow Galanthus flowers to better survive drought conditions compared to the Bluebell flower

Accepted Answer

Galanthus flowers have bulb roots that store large amounts of food.

Answer

Galanthus flowers have longer stems that allow them to capture more sunlight.

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Galanthus flowers have fewer leaves causing food production to be efficient.

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Galanthus flowers have long roots to reach ground water.

Question 60

What is a habitat?

Accepted Answer

the space where a plant or animal lives

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all of one kind of animal or plant in the same area

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all the animals living in the ocean

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living and nonliving things that interact in the same space

Question 61

The colors & patterns on a turtles shell help it blend in with the forest floor.  This is:

Accepted Answer

camouflage.

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hibernation.

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behavior.

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migration.

Question 62

The theory stating that natural

variation among organisms that make

them best adapted to their

environment live and reproduce,

therefore passing on to their offspring

the genetic qualities best suited to that

environment; the strongest survive

Accepted Answer

natural selection

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probability

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behavioral adaptation

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structural adaptation

Question 63

What is adaptation

Accepted Answer

the action or process of adapting or being adapted.

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Multiply the environmental

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Variation

Question 64

a body part or structure that helps an organism survive

Accepted Answer

structural adaptation

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external adaptation

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behavioral adaptation

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internal adaptation

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