Adaptation and Natural Selection Quiz

What is an adaptation?

• A change that helps an organism survive in its habitat

• A type of food that organisms eat

• A process of creating new species

• A method of communication between organisms

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What is natural selection?

• A process by which helpful traits pass on to new generations

• A method of artificial breeding by humans

• A type of genetic mutation

• A process of creating new species

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What is evidence?

• A process of creating new species

• A type of food that organisms eat

• Information and facts to support a hypothesis

• A method of communication between organisms

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What is "offspring"?

• A method of communication between organisms

• A type of food that organisms eat

• Children or young of a parent or progenitor

• A process of creating new species

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What is a population?

• A process of creating new species

• A type of genetic mutation

• A method of artificial breeding by humans

• A group of individuals of the same species

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What is a trait?

• A process of creating new species

• A method of communication between organisms

• A type of food that organisms eat

• A characteristic

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What is variation?

• A type of genetic mutation

• A method of artificial breeding by humans

• Small differences among organisms of the same type

• A process of creating new species

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What is an advantage?

• A process of creating new species

• A benefit, such as something that improves the chance of survival

• A method of communication between organisms

• A type of food that organisms eat

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What is the meaning of 'reproduce'?

• A process of creating new species

• A method of artificial breeding by humans

• A type of genetic mutation

• To have offspring (babies)

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What is a species?

• A group of similar organisms that can reproduce

• A method of artificial breeding by humans

• A process of creating new species

• A type of genetic mutation

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