Adaptations and Natural Selection

A trait or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce is called...

• hibernation

• migration

• adaptation

• camouflage

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When an environment changes over time and a species adapts or changes to be better able to live and reproduce is called...

• natural selection

• offspring

• behavioral adaptation

• traits

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During natural selection, an organism with successful traits will pass these traits to its __________________.

• offspring

• adaptation

• camouflage

• parents

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An opossum plays dead to avoid getting eaten by predators.

• behavior adaptation

• physical (body) adaptation

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A duck has webbed feet to help it swim better.

• behavior

• physical (body) adaptation

A brown mouse lives in the mountains. It blends with the soil. Predators cannot see it. Some of its babies are born with grey fur. Predators easily see the grey mice and eat them.

Then, a volcano erupts and changes the environment. The ground is now a black or gray color.

After natural selection, which mouse will there be more of? Why?

• A mouse with grey fur because it would blend in better to the environment

• A mouse with brown fur because it would blend in better to the environment

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Green anoles originally lived on an island. A little while later, brown anoles were introduced and began to eat the green anoles.A few of the green anoles were born with more scales on their feet making them better climbers who can escape the brown anoles. After natural selection, which type of green anole would there be more of?

• An anole with 18 scales making it slower to climb.

• An anole with 24 scales making it faster to climb.

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When plants and animals change some part of their body to match the environment

• camouflage

• behavioral adaptations

• natural selections

• physical adaptations

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A type of adaptation that makes up the physical features of an organism that help it survive.

• Structural Adaptations

• Behavioral Adaptations

• Physiological Adaptations

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Migration is an example of Behavioral Adaptation

• False

• True

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