Adaptations and Natural Selection

An example of a behavioral adaptation is

• The long neck of a giraffe
• Penguins huddling together for warmth
• A camel's hump used to store water
• A polar bear's white fur used for camouflage

Which is NOT a feature of an eagle?

• strong claws
• good eyesight
• sharp beak
• webbed feet

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Predict which moth would increase in population

• light 

• dark

• neither

• both

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Match the following

• A variation in a plant or animal that increases it chance of survival in its environment.

• Natural Selection

• Organisms that can reproduce, have similar characteristics, and have a common gene pool.

• Adaptation

• The variation of life forms present in different ecosystems.

• Diversity

• Process where traits and organisms that are best adapted to the environment survive and reproduce.

• Species

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Match the following

• Diversity

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• Species

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• Natural Selection

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• Adaptation

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Match each bird with the function of its beak.

• Wood Drilling

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• Seed eating

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• Fruit Eating

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• Fish collecting

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Match each bird with the function of its beak.

• Soil probing

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• Nectar sipping

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• Flesh tearing

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• Filter feeding

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What does it mean to CAMOUFLAGE?

• when a weak animal copies a stronger animal to warn of predators

• when an animal is able to change colors to survive in an enviornment

• when an animal hibernates during the winter.

• when an animal wears camo clothes

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​ (a)   was proposed by Charles Darwin to explain how new species ​ (b)   . All types of living things have small ​ (c)   between the individuals in the species. If one of those differences allows the individual to live longer, they will likely have more ​ (d)   . As that trait is passed on, the ​ (e)   starts to look more like the successful individual. Over time, the species changes

• Natural selection
• evolve
• differences
• offspring
• population

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In 1959, ​ ​ (a)   published an article in Scientific American summarizing his studies of the ​ (b)   . In a ​ (c)   , the dark peppered moths were shown to have a survival advantage over light moths. Birds were twice as likely to eat a ​ (d)   as a dark moth. Rare before factories were built in England, their increase in numbers was shown to be related to ​ (e)   . Natural selection was the best explanation for the change in the moth population over time.

• Dr. Kettlewell
• peppered moth
• dark forest
• light moth
• pollution

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