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The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

• Species
• Environmental Change
• Adaptation
• Variation

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The theory that organisms best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
"Survival of the fittest."

• Natural selection
• Adaptation
• Extinction
• Fossil

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An inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of its species is called (can be good or bad) --

• an adaptation
• a variation
• species
• natural selection

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What is an adaptation that would help an organism to survive in a grassland?

• Thick fur to conserve heat

• Scales to prevent water loss

• Sharp claws to aid in climbing

• Golden-tan fur to blend in

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If a new predator is introduced to an environment....

• the prey with unfavorable characteristics will move to a better environment

• the prey with favorable characteristics will survive and pass trait to future generations

• the prey with unfavorable characteristics will adapt and get the favorable characteristic

• the prey with unfavorable characteristics will survive for many generations and continue to reproduce

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Is being yellow always an adaptive trait in ostrilopes in a yellow environment?

• Yes, it always is an adaptive trait because of camouflage

• No, it never is because ostrilopes don't have adaptive traits

• No, it only is when the ostrilopes have predators

• Yes, it always is because carnithons can't see them

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The different variations of the same trait or characteristic.

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Allele

• DNA

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Who suggested that peppered moths were an example of natural selection?

• J.W. Tutt

• JJ Watt

• JJ Redick

• Phil Jackson

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The turtle that has the toughest shell survives longer and reproduces more than the turtle with the softer shell. This is ...

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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Which of the following is most likely to cause a change in the genetic traits in an isolated population of a ground-dwelling lizard species?

• The exposure of an individual lizard in the population to radiation that causes a mutation that is not passed on to its offspring.

• An unusually dry summer in the lizard population's ecosystem.

• The introduction of an invasive predator that preys on the brightest-colored individuals in the lizard population

• A fast-moving wildfire that burns the canopy of the trees in the lizard population's ecosystem.

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