Natural Selection and Evolution Quick Check

For each statement write either TRUE or FALSE.

A habitat is the second place an organism chooses to live.

• True

• False

For each statement write either TRUE or FALSE.

Ecosystems have more than one habitat in them.

• True

• False

For each statement write either TRUE or FALSE.

For natural selection to happen, there needs to be no variation within the population.

• True

• False

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For each statement write either TRUE or FALSE. Evolution happens within one organism’s lifespan.

• True

• False

What is an ecological niche?

• The natural home or environment of an organism.

• The role an organism plays in its environment

• The living parts of an environment

• The non-living parts of an environment

What is an adaptation?

• A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its habitat.

• A change in the frequency of alleles over multiple generations.

• Organisms that eat other organisms to gain energy.

• The role an organism plays in its environment.

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The arrows in a food web describe _____.

• Different trophic Levels

• How different sized animals live together

• What different organisms eat

• The movement of energy

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**WORTH TWO STRIKES**

The amount of energy available to the next trophic level decreases each time because:

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What would happen if small fish were removed from the food web? Give specific examples.

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**WORTH TWO STRIKES**

In this food web, what organisms is the producer? How do you know?

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