Variation, Adaptation, and Survival (wizer)

Match the following vocab word to the parts of the peppered moth story.

• natural selection

• Human factories pollute the air with dark smoke, which sticks to the trees.

• genetic variation

• In a forest, there are light moths and dark moths, two types.

• environmental factors

• The dark moths blend in better with the dark colored trees, and then they survive and reproduce.

• adaptation: camouflage

• Some of the light moths hide from bird predators on the light colored tree.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Match the following vocabulary words to their definitions.

• environmental factor

• slight differences between members of the same species

• adaptation

• random changes in DNA when it is copied

• variation

• anything in an organisms surroundings that affect the organism

• natural selection

• a trait that directly helps an organism to survive

• mutation

• the organisms with the best traits for their environment survive and reproduce

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

1. In order for natural selection to occur, organisms in the population must have differences or ​ (a)   .

2. A mutation is a change in the ​ (b)   of an organism at its birth.

3. Camouflage is an example of an ​ (c)   organisms use to hide from predators.

4. Sometimes mutations lead to the organism’s death, but some mutations may become adaptations that help it to ​ (d)   .

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• variation
• DNA
• adaptation
• survive
• camouflage
• lions

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Penguins have webbed feet for swimming.

Adaptation or non-adaptation?

• adaptation

• non-adaptation

Penguins live in a cold, snowy world.

Adaptation or non-adaptation?

• adaptation

• non-adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Hummingbirds use a long tongue to sip nectar deep inside flowers.

Adaptation or non-adaptation?

• adaptation

• non-adaptation

Hummingbirds drink nectar from flowers.

Adaptation or non-adaptation?

• adaptation

• non-adaptation

The white-tailed deer is brown to blend into the forest.

Adaptation or non-adaptation?

• adaptation

• non-adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The white albino deer is easy to spot in the brown and green forest.

Adaptation or non-adaptation?

• adaptation

• non-adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The snake has sharp teeth to catch its prey.

Adaptation or non-adaptation?

• adaptation

• non-adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4