WorksheetsNatural Selection Review - LS 1-4 & 4-5
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 14mins
The characteristics that an organism can pass on to its offspring.
Trait
Inheritance
Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival.
Inheritance
Trait
Adaptation
Competition
The process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
Artificial Selection
Inheritance
Natural Selection
Genetic Modification
The process in which genetic material is passed from parents to their offspring.
Inheritance
Trait
Adaptation
Genetic Modification
Ecological interaction which leads to decreased population growth for both species
Inheritance
Natural selection
Structural adaptation
Competition
Process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits
Structural adaptation
Artificial selection
Behavioral adaptation
Genetic modification
Altering the genes of an organism to give them new characteristic
Trait
Adaptation
Genetic modification
Inheritance
An inherited physical trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival
Artifical Selection
Trait
Competition
Structural Adaptation
An inherited behavior that increases an organism’s chance of survival
Behavioral adaptation
Trait
Competition
Inheritance
What are two examples of animal behaviors that are aimed at getting food or attracting a mate?
male birds of paradise dancing in an elaborate way
flocks of geese traveling together from one body of water to another
wolves hunting in packs
elephants circling around the youngest and oldest members of their herd
Provide an example of a plant structure that increases its chance of survival.
Give an example of how humans have influenced the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. (hint: think artificial selection)
Provide an example of a plant or animal that has been selectively bred or genetically modified and explain why humans would desire certain traits.
