Natural Selection and Adaptations

What is another name for natural selection?

• survival of the smartest

• survival of the fastest

• survival of the biggest

• survival of the fittest

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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.

• variations.

• traits.

• theories.

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Another word for adapt is ____________.

• change

• create

The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution

• Nucleotide 

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

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All mutations and adaptations usually lead to what process?

• selective breeding

• behavioral

• natural selection

• genetic engineering

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Which of these is defined as the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

• natural selection

• adaptation

• genetic engineering

• mutation

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Adaptations can only arise if there is __________ within a species.

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A woodpecker has a long, thin, pointed beak. How would this adaptation help it survive?

• It can swim fast.

• It can catch other animals.

• It can easily catch fish.

• It can easily pick bugs out of the bark in the trees.

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What word describes any trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• best adapted

• fastest

• most domesticated

• strongest

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