Natural Selection, Adaptations, and Selective Breeding

Process by which organisms become better suited to survive in their environment

• Adaptation

• Dichotomous Key

• Geology

• Anatomy

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This adaptation allows birds to fly longer distances

• Heavy, thick bones

• Hollow Bones

• Large beaks

• Small nose

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During HIBERNATION, the animal's heart rate temperature INCREASES to save energy.

• True

• False

Why do some birds and butterflies migrate?

• To visit their cousins

• Because of weather changes and food supply

• There isn't a reason, they just do it

• For a family vacation in warmer areas

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The process where organisms best fit for the environment are more likely to survive & reproduce

• Mutations

• Physiology

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

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Natural Selection occurs quickly over a short period of time

• True

• False

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Deliberately breeding organisms to result in desired traits in plants or animals.

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

• Physiology

• Adaptations

Which of the following is an example of Selective Breeding?

• A dog choosing its own mate

• Crossing a grape and an apple to produce a grapple

• Poodles mating with Poodles

• evolution of a birds beak over many years

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What does the phrase SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST mean?

• The fastest is more likely to survive

• The strongest is more likely to survive

• The biggest is more likely to survive

• The most adapted to its environment will survive

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Which environmental change would lead to the better survival of darker moths over lighter ones?

• Warmer weather causes tree leaves to grow quicker

• trees become covered in black ash from nearby factories

• Heavy rainfall caused trees to grow taller

• Disease killed off more than half the TREE population

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