WorksheetsJMS natural selectio
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 17mins
How does waterproof feathers help penguins survive in the Antarctic. (Choose all that apply)
Helps keep them warm and dry
Helps them blend in
Helps them swim in cold waters
Helps them see further in cold weather
What is the process where animals live or die based on their adaptations to their environment.
Genetic Drift
Natural Selection
The Circle of Life
Mutations
Which word describes the word "variation"?
Adaptations
Differences
Traits
Genetics
A variation is . . .
when organisms have camouflage like spots or stripes
an organism from a different dimension
when you order different food than your friend
differences between organisms in the same species
A green rat snake that lives in the grass and a brown rat snake that lives in the desert is a form of ______________.
Human Genetic Modification
Selective Breeding
Natural Selection
Artificial Breeding
According to natural selection, light colored tree trunks would favor
light colored moths
dark colored moths
red colored moths
red and light colored moths
A fox with thicker fur than average would have a survival advantage over other foxes if:
There is more competition for food in the fox population.
The air temperature significantly decreases in winter.
A drought occurs, limiting the amount of water available.
A new disease appears that infects the foxes.
What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?
To look different from other species.
To protect itself against predators.
To protect itself against prey
To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
A yellow morph and green morph of an insect lives in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:
the green population to increase and the yellow to decrease
both populations should stay the same
both populations will increase
the green population to decrease and the yellow to increaseThis is a wrong answer
What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?
natural selection
mutation
camouflage
adaptation
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Because they come from dominant alleles.
Because they come from recessive alleles.
Because the organism knew it needed that trait, survives, and passes it on.
TRUE or FALSE: Mutations lead to variation.
TRUE
FALSE
