Adaptations and Environmental Changes Quiz

What is an adaptation?

• A characteristic that helps an organism live in its environment

• A type of food

• A kind of weather

• A type of plant

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Why can't pineapples grow at the poles?

• The soil is too dry

• There is too much pollution

• The environment is too cold

• There are too many animals

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What is an environment?

• The conditions around a living thing

• A type of plant

• A weather pattern

• A kind of animal

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What is the difference between environment and ecosystem?

• Environment refers to non-living things, ecosystem includes living things

• Ecosystem is only about plants

• Environment is larger than an ecosystem

• Environment is only about animals

What happened to the giant insects from 360 million years ago?

• They became smaller

• They evolved into birds

• They moved to another planet

• They became extinct due to environmental changes

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What caused the extinction of many plants 360 million years ago?

• The climate became drier and cooler

• A meteor hit the Earth

• Too much rain

• Too many animals

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What is the role of plants in the food chain?

• They eat insects

• They make chemical energy through photosynthesis

• They produce pollution

• They create rain

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What happened to the animals that depended on the extinct plants?

• They started eating each other

• They became plants

• They moved to another area

• They could no longer survive

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What is the peppered moth an example of?

• A type of pollution

• How adaptations help organisms fit into their environment

• A type of plant

• A weather pattern

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What happened to the peppered moths when the environment became polluted?

• Light moths became more common

• Moths turned into butterflies

• Dark moths became more common

• Both types of moths disappeared

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