Week 29 - Lesson 1 - Natural Selection and Adaptation Quiz

What is natural selection?

• When organisms with helpful traits are more likely to survive and reproduce

• When traits stay the same in all organisms

• When organisms adapt because they want to survive

• When animals that live the longest always pass on traits

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What does it mean to be “fit” in an environment?

• Being able to survive and produce offspring in that environment

• Being the fastest or strongest animal in the group

• Living the longest out of all animals

• Having the most food and water available

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Why do some animals survive better than others?

• Because they have traits that help them survive in their environment

• Because they are smarter than other animals

• Because they live in groups with protection

• Because they have better instincts

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What is an adaptation?

• A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

• A behavior that animals learn from their parents

• Any physical trait an animal is born with

• A way animals protect themselves when they are scared

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Which of these is an example of an adaptation and its function?

• Webbed feet that help an animal swim efficiently

• Sharp teeth that help animals make loud sounds

• Big eyes that help animals look cute to others

• Long tails that help animals balance their food

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What is overproduction?

• When more offspring are born than can survive

• When organisms grow more than usual

• When all offspring are born with the same traits

• When offspring are born at the same time each year

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What is variation in a species?

• Differences in traits among individuals in a population

• When some organisms grow slower than others

• When animals live in different environments

• When offspring are born at different times

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Match the following terms with their definitions.

• Resource sharing

• The passing of traits from parents to offspring

• Inheritance

• The way organisms compete for mates

• Learning

• When animals share resources with others

• Competition for mates

• When animals learn skills from their surroundings

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Why do organisms compete?

• Because there are limited resources like food, mates, or shelter

• Because animals want to be the strongest in the group

• Because they want to protect their young

• Because they have different personalities

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Which of these is the best list of the five conditions needed for natural selection?

• Overproduction, variation, competition, survival of the fittest, inheritance

• Breathing, eating, moving, adapting, changing

• Growing, learning, escaping predators, surviving, reproducing

• Migration, hibernation, camouflage, feeding, parenting

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