Adaptation and Survival Quiz

What is an adaptation?

• A type of food

• A heritable trait that helps an organism survive

• A place where animals live

• A type of weather

What is a structural adaptation?

• A seasonal migration

• A physical part of an organism

• A change in behavior

• A type of food storage

What is an example of a behavioral adaptation?

• Thick fur

• Sharp claws

• Seasonal migration

• Long neck

What is mimicry?

• When an organism changes color

• When an organism resembles another

• When an organism grows larger

• When an organism hibernates

What is coadaptation?

• When organisms migrate together

• When organisms share food

• When organisms fight for territory

• When organisms adapt with and to each other

What is an example of a vestigial trait?

• A fish's fins

• A cat's whiskers

• A whale's leg bones

• A bird's wings

What is speciation?

• The process of animals hibernating

• The process of animals migrating

• The process of plants growing

• The process of one species splitting into two

What is an example of sympatric speciation?

• Birds flying south for winter

• Cichlid fish in Lake Malawi

• Koalas eating eucalyptus leaves

• Whales migrating to warmer waters

What is an exaptation?

• A trait that helps with camouflage

• A trait that loses its function

• A trait that develops for one purpose and is used for another

• A trait that is passed down from parents

What happened to the peppered moth during the Industrial Revolution?

• It became extinct

• It started eating different food

• It changed color to blend in with polluted trees

• It migrated to another country