AKS 4a/4b - Evolution & Natural Selection

What is this an example of?

• evolution

• genetic variation

• natural selection

• adaptation

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What is this an example of?

• natural selection

• selective breeding

• evolution

• genetic variation

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What evolutionary trait represented in this picture of the bug?

• genetic variation

• plant cells

• adaptation

• environmental factor

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Which of the following is NOT an example of an environmental factor?

• type of food

• weather

• predator

• genes

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Which of the following is the best definition of an adaptation?

• an adaptation is when a species has a trait that helps them survive over another one

• an adaptation is when a species has many different traits in its population

• an adaptation is when a species chooses what traits it wants

• an adaptation is when an organism changes over night

What environmental factor change would affect the white bunnies in the snow and cause them to die out (go extinct)?

• If the white bunnies began to have brown spots

• If the white bunnies grew longer legs

• If sunlight melted the snow

• If a blizzard happened and more snow was in the woods

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What is the environmental change in the image that causes the brown bunnies to disappear?

• amount of snow

• the speed of the white bunnies

• amount of trees to hide behind

• the eagle

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What is the genetic variation in this image?

• the fur color of the bunnies

• the height of the bunny's ears

• the eye color

• the color of the snow

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What is the adaptation in the image?

• The number of brown and white bunnies

• The number of trees

• The white fur bunnies because they are surviving and reproducing

• The two different animals, a bunny and an eagle

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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Based on the image, 1. what is going to happen to the tan beetles? 2. What process is this called? 3. What is the environmental factor?

• 1.The tan beetles will die out.

  2. Natural selection

  3. The color of the soil

• 1.The tan beetles will reproduce

  2. Selective Breeding

  3. The amount of birds

• 1.The tan beetles will reproduce more than the green

  2. Genetic variation

  3. The amount of birds

• 1.The tan beetles will reproduce & the green will die out

  2. Natural selection

  3. The birds

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