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Quiz on Adaptations and Natural Selection

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Adaptations can only arise if there is (a)   within a species.

2.

All mutations and adaptations usually lead to what process?

a)

selective breeding

b)

behavioral

c)

natural selection

d)

genetic engineering

3.

Which of these words means the same thing as variety?

a)

Similarity

b)

Diversity

c)

Inherited

d)

Sameness

4.

A woodpecker has a long, thin, pointed beak. How would this adaptation help it survive?

a)

It can swim fast.

b)

It can catch other animals.

c)

It can easily catch fish.

d)

It can easily pick bugs out of the bark in the trees.

5.

What word describes any trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

a)

natural selection

b)

mutation

c)

camouflage

d)

adaptation

6.

Which of these is defined as the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

a)

natural selection

b)

adaptation

c)

genetic engineering

d)

mutation

7.

Which organisms are most likely to survive?

a)

best adapted

b)

fastest

c)

most domesticated

d)

strongest

8.

The goal of every species on earth is to

a)

survive and reproduce

b)

divide and conquer

c)

survive and conquer

d)

reproduce and die

9.

In natural selection, (a)   determine(s) what organisms survive.

10.

Most adaptations started off as

a)

selective breeding

b)

physiological

c)

structural

d)

mutations