WorksheetsNatural selection recap
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
How do you "win" at natural selection?
survive
go extinct
survive & reproduce
What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?
natural selection
mutation
camouflage
adaptation
Natural Selection is driven by a change in the environment and survival of the...
Earth
Fastest
Fittest
Biggest
Humans have been a very successful species on earth. They have very large, very diverse populations spread all around the world. This means that...
Human have very limited ability to adapt to changes in the environment.
Young humans have lower survival rates as compared to other species.
Humans have a potential to adapt to various environmental changes.
All humans are more disease resistant.
individuals changing to suit their environment
Individuals learned new traits and pass them on
sudden change in the environment cause a species change
small changes pass down through many generations via genes
In a cold environment what are some traits/adaptations that could increase fitness? Select all that apply.
thick blubber
thick fur
thin fur
wings
What is a trait?
a color
the quality or characteristic of an organism
the DNA of an organism
when mutations cause extra limbs
It is generally accepted that species today have arisen by changes over very long periods of time from ANCESTRAL forms of life. This is called...
natural selection
survival of the fittest
adaptations
evolution
When writing about an adaptation developing through natural selection, you can use VASRO as a way to structure- what does it stand for?
Mr. VASRO came up with the theory of evolution
V- variation
A- advantageous trait
S- state (consequences of different traits)
R- reproduce and pass on...
O- over and over generations
V- variation
A- a mutation
S- selection
R- respiration
O- organism
