Adaptations

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9th - 10th Grade
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Charles Boland
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these COULD be an "adaptation", according to the definition?
A species changing over time
An existing trait
The moment when an organism lives or dies
A new food source
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does it mean for a trait to be "beneficial"?
It is helpful to the organism, in their environment
It is the best possible trait
It is only found in FISH named "BEN"
It is neutral - no help, no harm
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3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
All of these are examples of "adaptations", EXCEPT:
White fur on polar bears
Long neck of giraffes
Opposable thumbs of gorillas
Inheritable genetic disease
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why do we not see these "humps" on ALL desert animals?
It is not a beneficial trait in the desert environment
The humps can be internal
Other animals have different beneficial adaptations
Camels earned their humps by beating all the other desert animals in a race
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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the "adaptation" in this scenario?
Green color
Beak depth
Brown color
Leg length
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Predict a likely adaptation in the following scenario: A lava flow turns the desert sand black over a large patch of land. The mice that live there will eventually:
Adapt to a much larger size
Adapt to a darker color
Adapt to a slower speed
Adapt to have flatter feet
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What adaptations does this graph show?
Larger beaks
Lighter birds
Smaller beaks
Darker birds
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8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What adaptation does this graph show?
Lighter colored mice
Darker colored mice
Both light and dark mice
Darker colored environment
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9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What environmental change could have pushed primates to adapt their opposable thumb?
(Hard question, take the full time!)
Asteroid killed off the dinosaurs
Climate change opened up forests into savannas
Warmer temperatures reduced body hair
Predators died out
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