Evolution and Adaptations

What is a trait or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment?

• homologous structure

• adaptation

• evolution

• fossil

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An adaptation that helps an animal hide from predators

• migration
• camouflage
• hibernation
• extinction

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Which is NOT a physical adaptation?

• a bear hibernating in the winter

• a bird with a sharp beak

• a fish with scales on its body

Which is a body part that can be adapted for getting food?

• claws
• paw pads
• teeth
• beaks

Body parts similar in structure and origin

• evolution

• embryology

• homologous

• variation

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The study of organisms in their earliest stages

• variation

• homologous

• embryology

• evolution

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A trait that makes some of the species different that others

• homologous

• embryology

• evolution

• variation

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Change in inherited triats over time

• embryology

• variation

• evolution

• homologous

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When organisms are better adapted to their envionment, find a mate and successfully reproduce. This process is called?

• cloning

• evolution

• variation in a species

• natrual selection

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What do we call mistakes or changes that occur in the DNA sequence?

• natural selection

• adaptations

• mutations

• Darwinism

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