Adaptation and Survival Quiz

What is an adaptation?

• A heritable trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

• A temporary change in an organism's behavior

• A random mutation with no effect

• A trait that decreases an organism's survival chances

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What determines the characteristics of an organism?

• Their genes

• The environment

• Their diet

• The weather

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What is a structural adaptation?

• A learned behavior

• A temporary change in response to the environment

• A physical part of the organism

• A change in an organism's behavior

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What is an example of a behavioral adaptation?

• Seasonal migration of gray whales

• Long necks in giraffes

• Sharp claws in cats

• Thick fur in polar bears

What are exaptations?

• Traits that are only found in extinct species

• Traits that lose their function

• Traits that develop for one purpose and are co-opted for another

• Traits that are harmful to the organism

What is a vestigial trait?

• A trait that is fully functional

• A trait that is newly developed

• A trait that has been lost completely

• A reduced or functionless trait

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What happened to the peppered moth during the Industrial Revolution?

• The cream-colored moths thrived

• The darker-colored moths thrived

• The moths migrated to another region

• The moths became extinct

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What is speciation?

• The adaptation of a species to a new environment

• The process of one species splitting into two

• The extinction of a species

• The migration of a species

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What is adaptive radiation?

• The extinction of a species

• The development of species to fill empty ecological niches

• The loss of traits in a species

• The migration of species to new habitats

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What is sympatric speciation?

• Speciation due to environmental changes

• Speciation in the same habitat

• Speciation due to physical isolation

• Speciation due to genetic mutations

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