Adaptations and Evolution

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

• claws

• paw pads

• teeth

• beaks

These are characteristics that help living things survive and reproduce in their environment.

• mandibles

• adaptations

• genes

• transformations

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This characteristic allows organisms to blend in with their environment.

• body chemistry

• skin

• camouflage

• symmetry

The Venus flytrap has special characteristics that allow it to eat insects. This is an example of an adaptation for:

• competition

• obtaining food

• climate

• avoiding predators

Charles Darwin thought and wrote about how life _________ over time.

• complete

• acquired

• overproduction

• changes

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Nature is the major force that drives _________ selection.

• overproduction

• artificial

• natural

• changes

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The Theory of Natural Selection is unrelated to the process of evolution.

• true

• false

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The organisms that are best adapted to their environment will have a better chance of surviving and reproducing.

• true

• false

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Charles Darwin was a naturalist on an expedition that traveled the world on the HMS Beagle in the 1830s.

• true

• false

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  

• become extinct
  

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