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Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
Adaptations are:
a)
Body parts that help an organism survive in their environment
b)
Behaviors that help an organism survive in their environment
c)
Body parts and behaviors that help an organism survive in their environment
2.
Deep sleep to survive low temperatures and lack of food is called:
a)
Hibernation
b)
Migration
c)
Competition
d)
Mutation
3.
An example of the human body's adaptation to its environment is:
a)
Lungs for breathing air
b)
Its digestive system
c)
Wearing flippers while swimming
d)
The need to drink water
4.
When an animal or plant uses the appearance of another living thing as a means of protection or camouflage, this is called:
a)
Natural selection
b)
Mockery
c)
Behavioral adaptation
d)
Mimicry
5.
Why do many plant and animal species become extinct?
a)
They cannot adapt to their changing environment.
b)
They choose a bad adaptation
c)
Giant meteors hit Each, sending up giant clouds of dust that blocks the sun.
d)
they develop behavioral adaptations but not physical adaptations
6.
Suppose a new predator was introduced to an environment. What would most likely happen first to the prey animals? They would_________
a)
develop a physical adaptation to defend themselves
b)
develop a new behavior to defend themselves
c)
have a sharp increase in population
d)
become predators
7.
Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Steven Hawking
d)
Isaac Newton
8.
Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)
a)
Variation
b)
Adaptation
c)
Behavior
d)
Environment
9.
When every organism of a species has died.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artificial Selection
10.
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
11.
The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?
a)
The inherited traits of a population.
b)
The acquired traits of a population.
c)
Hair color and eye color
d)
Attractive features.
12.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
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