Natural Selection 4a Practice

A __________________ is a permanent change in the genetic makeup of an organism.

• Mutation

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

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Organisms with traits that are best suited for their environments are likely to have a greater chance for survival. These helpful traits, which arise due to genetic mutations, are known as _____________________.

• Mutation

• Adaptations

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

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All living things that are best adapted to their environments will be more likely to survive. This idea is known as _____________________ ____________________.

• Mutation

• Adaptations

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

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An inherited trait that helps those organisms that have it to survive

• niche

• structure

• characteristic

• adaptation

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What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.

• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

• To protect itself against predators.

• To protect itself against prey.

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Beak shape depends on...

• where birds live

• who they hang out with

• diet (fish or seeds)

• exercise

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This is an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of its species.

• Variation

• Mutation

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Embryology

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This is any variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment.

• Evolution

• Graduation

• Species

• Adaptation

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Which feature helps an animal hide from other animals?

• looking like a dangerous animal
• being the same color as the place it lives (camoflauge)
• having sharp claws or a strong shel
• having only a few young and caring for them

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A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____.

• an adaptation

• environment

• response

• stimulus

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