7.4.2-4 Vocab & Concept Quiz

Match the term to its definition

• A helpful change in what organisms do

• Structural Adaptation

• A beneficial change in an organism

• Behavioral Adaptation

• A helpful change in an organism's body

• Structure

• The way something is made

• Mutation

• A mistake in the copy of DNA

• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Match the following term to its definition

• fake, changed by humans

• Artificial

• Good; helpful

• Conceptual

• The way something is thought of

• Function

• The job something has or is used for

• Analogy

• A comparison, similar to a metaphor

• Beneficial

Mutations are always bad

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Match the following terms to their definitions

• By way of

• Via

• The role of an organism

• Neutral

• Not good or bad

• Mimicry

• Blending in with surroundings

• Camouflage

• Copying the way something looks or acts

• Niche

Helpful mutations will always stay helpful

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Mutations can be either good or bad

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Adaptations are simply beneficial (good) mutations.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A helpful mutation can become harmful if circumstances change.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1