Changes and adaptations review

An inherited behavior that helps an organism survive.

• Behavioral Adaptation
• Structural Adaptation

The process in which plants or animals inherit (receive) half of the genes from each of their parents.

• Heredity
• Mutation
• Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Helpful mutations that lead to an organism changing to better fit into its environment.

• Adaptation
• Mutation
• Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

When a species of the last of its kind dies.

• Heredity
• Mutation
• Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A change in an organism's genes.

• Adaptation
• Mutation
• Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

A physical change in an organism's body that helps them survive.

• Behavioral Adaptation
• Structural Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Have landfills impacted ecosystems?

• Yes
• No

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

How do ecosystems change even if people do not contribute to the change? check all that apply

• animals
• water
• natural disasters
• food
• soil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Why is each animal slightly different from their parents?

• They inherit genes from two different parents.
• They inherit genes from four different parents.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What is one thing a species can do if they are unable to adapt to changes in their environment?

• migrate
• stay put