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Over time, the food supply for birds on an isolated island has changed. The supply of insects, small tender seeds, and vegetation has shrunk. The supply of tough, large, hard seeds has remained unchanged. Over several generations, changes in genetic traits of birds' beaks have occurred. Which beak is most likely to improve the survival rate of the birds?

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Scientific study of how traits are passed to offspring through genes

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Inheritance

• Allele

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Complex molecule that carries genetic information that defines an organism's traits. It is stored in the nucleus.

• DNA

• protein

• RNA

• glucose nucleic acid (GNA)

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Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey

• water to rain

• parents to offspring

• fungi to protists

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Three cousins have a similar appearance but have different face shapes.
Which of these cell components are most involved in determining the basic shape of each girl’s face?

• Genes, chromosomes, nucleus.

• Cytoplasm, chloroplasts, and genes.

• Vacuoles, nucleus, and chromosomes.

• Chromosomes, chloroplasts, and vacuoles. 

Where is DNA found in a cell?

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• chloroplast

Adaptation is...

• a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.

• a change or process that causes no change in a species.

• a change or the process of change by which an organism or species is not able to adapt and survive.

• a change or process in a species that helps it become bigger or smaller.

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What will most likely happen to a species if the environment changes more quickly than the species can adapt?

• become more diverse

• evolve

• become extinct

• overpopulate

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• A. Aquatic

• B. Mountainous

• C. Low Temperature

• D. High Temperature

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