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WorksheetsNatural Selection & Adaptations
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What did Charles darwin think about natural selection?
a)
organisms change their traits to the trait that will help them
b)
breeding 2 similar animals get the best traits
c)
breeding 2 animals with different traits give the best results
d)
organisms with better traits for their environment will survive and reproduce
2.
What island did Darwin do most of his investigations?
a)
Galapagos
b)
Madagascar
c)
Hawaii
d)
Darwins
3.
What type of adaptation is migration?
a)
mutation
b)
behavioral
c)
physiological
d)
structural
4.
Which of the following is a physiological adaptation?
a)
migration
b)
foraging for food
c)
octopus ink
d)
snake scales
5.
Which word below means the same thing as variety?
a)
similiar
b)
diverse
c)
inherited
d)
change
6.
What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?
a)
natural selection
b)
mutation
c)
camouflage
d)
adaptation
7.
What word describes the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive and reproduce?
a)
natural selection
b)
adaptation
c)
mutation
d)
genetic engineering
8.
What term describes when one organism copies another organism?
a)
camouflage
b)
mutation
c)
mimicry
d)
migration
9.
An adaptation that an animal or plant does or reacts to is a ?
a)
physiological
b)
behavioral
c)
structural
d)
mutation
10.
The act of blending in with your environment is called?
a)
mimicry
b)
camouflage
c)
mutation
d)
hybridization
11.
What process is when man chooses to alter a gene by adding or removing DNA?
a)
natural selection
b)
adaptation
c)
genetic engineering
d)
selective breeding
12.
When an organism is completely wiped out of existence, we call it?
a)
extinction
b)
adaptation
c)
evolution
d)
inbreeding
13.
All mutations and adaptations usually lead to what process?
a)
selective breeding
b)
behavioral
c)
natural selection
d)
genetic engineering
14.
Why do frogs and other organism reproduce so many eggs or offspring?
a)
so that their babies can have friends to play with
b)
the more offspring the more likely the offspring will survive
c)
the more offspring the less likely offspring will survive
d)
the more offspring the less competition
15.
If an animal has a behavior that they are born with, we call it?
a)
mutation
b)
physiological
c)
learned
d)
innate
16.
The following picture of a dog panting shows what type of adaptation?
a)
physiological
b)
behavioral
c)
structural
d)
mutation
17.
The following pic shows what type of adaptation?
a)
physiological
b)
behavioral
c)
structural
d)
mutation
18.
The chimp is showing what adaptation?
a)
physiological
b)
behavioral
c)
structural
d)
mutation
19.
Which of the following is an example of hybridization?
a)
changing traits based on the environment
b)
removing DNA from an animal
c)
crossing two similar animals
d)
crossing 2 different animals
20.
Which of the following best represents inbreeding?
a)
removing DNA from an organism
b)
changing traits based on environment
c)
crossing 2 similiar animals
d)
crossing 2 different animals
21.
Which organisms are most likely to survive?
a)
the best adapted
b)
the fastest
c)
the strongest
d)
the most domesticated (tamed)
22.
An adaptation that is a body part is called a?
a)
physiological
b)
behavioral
c)
structural
d)
mutation
23.
What adaptation is a chemical process that helps something survive?
a)
physiological
b)
behavioral
c)
structural
d)
inbreeding
24.
Almost all adaptations started off as?
a)
selective breeding
b)
physiological
c)
structural
d)
mutation
25.
Darwins finches each lived on a specific island based on what resource?
a)
size of island
b)
type of tree
c)
climate
d)
food
26.
If a dog wags its tail when he sees his owner , what type of behavioral adaptation is it showing?
a)
structural
b)
innate
c)
learned
d)
physiological
27.
a spiders web is
a)
physiological
b)
structural
c)
behavorial
d)
mutation
28.
a spider spinning a web to catch food is
a)
physiological
b)
structural
c)
behavioral
d)
mutation
29.
When a penguin slows down it heart rate in cold water, it is what type of adaptation?
a)
structural
b)
behavioral
c)
physiological
d)
learned
30.
Who believed that an organism can change its traits whenever needed to survive?
a)
Galapagos
b)
LaMarck
c)
Darwin
d)
Mendel
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