Adaptations and Traits

All traits that organisms have are considered adaptations

• True

• False

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Adaptations are always beneficial for an organism's survival

• True

• False

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Adaptations are developed in response to an organism's environment

• True

• False

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What is the primary purpose of adaptations in animals?

• To increase in size

• To gain strength

• To increase survival and reproduction rates

• To change body color

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Adaptations be harmful to an organism.

• True

• False

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Adaptations can occur over a single generation

• True

• False

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What is the main driver of adaptations in organisms?

• Climate change

• Food availability

• Natural selection

• Population growth

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What is the primary purpose of adaptations in animasl?

• to help them survive in their specific environments

• to make them stronger and faster

• to help them change their environments

• to provide emerging characteristics

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What is a trait in biology?

• an animals species

• a type of cell

• a learned behavior

• a characteristic inherited from parents

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What is the difference between a trait and a behavior?

• Traits are inherited; behaviors can be learned

• Behaviors are inherited; traits are learned

• Traits are smaller than behaviors

• They are the same thing