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Adaptations QUIZ PRACTICE

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

If a new species of predator was introduced into a habitat, what would be the immediate effect on the prey species? They would likely

a)

evolve physical adaptations for protection

b)

alter their behavior for self-defense

c)

experience a sudden rise in their numbers

d)

transform into predators

2.

What is a primary reason for the extinction of various plant and animal species?

a)

They are unable to adjust to changes in their environment.

b)

They select an ineffective adaptation.

c)

Massive meteors strike Earth, causing large dust clouds that obscure the Sun.

d)

They acquire behavioral adaptations but lack physical adaptations.

3.

Read this sentence: A salmon swims upstream by instinct to lay its eggs. What does the word instinct mean in this sentence?

a)

behavior learned from

watching others

b)

no longer in existence

c)

behavior inherited from its parents

d)

common sense

4.

Reading is a(an)

a)

inherited behavior

b)

learned behavior

c)

reflex behavior

d)

none of the above

5.

Which of the following can an animal learn by watching its parents?

a)

a reflex

b)

a behavior

c)

an instinct

d)

a physical adaptatoin

6.

Which of these is not a human adaptation?

a)

growing thick fur

b)

making electricity

c)

using language

d)

making tools

7.

A monkey’s tail that can grip branches is a

a)

reflex

b)

behavioral adaptation

c)

physical adaptation

d)

none of the above

8.

A horse automatically sneezing when dust gets in its nose is a

a)

physical characteristic

b)

learned behavior

c)

reflex

d)

none of the above

9.

Big is related to large in the same way that environment is related to

a)

small

b)

ocean

c)

surroundings

d)

pollution

10.

If a climate gradually warms over five hundred thousand years, what might happen to animals that live there?

a)

They will develop physical adaptations to adjust to the changed climate.

b)

They will move to an area with a different climate.

c)

They will learn new behaviors to adjust to the changed climate.

d)

All of the above

11.

Charles Darwin was a naturalist famous for which law of nature?

a)

 Every Living Thing Adapts

b)

Only the Strong Shall Survive

c)

Life Will Find a Way

d)

Survival of the Fittest

12.

Which of the following are HUMAN ADAPTATIONS?

a)

having legs and walking upright

b)

having opposable thumbs for grasping objects with hands

c)

a complex brain

d)

all of the above