Variation in Species

The action of an organism changing to better suit its new or old environment.

• Natural Selection

• Physical Trait

• Camouflage

• Adaptation

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• D

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What is this an example of?

• diversity of species

• variation

• vestigial structures

• DNA studies

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Behavior

• Environment

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What adaptation is represented by the image?

• Camouflage

• Beak Design

• Hibernation

• Seed Dispersal

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Which foot has adaptations for surviving in a water environment?

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When the Virginia opossum feels threatened it will exhibit behaviors like running or growling. Sometimes it will roll over, become stiff, drool, and change its breathing to a slow and shallow pace. Possums can maintain this behavior for up to four hours. Some predators will think the opossum is dead and go away. The adaptation the opossum is using is an example of ___.

• an environmental adaptation

• a behavioral adaptation

• a physiological adaptation

• a structural adaptation

Slight differences in the appearance of individual members of a species.

• variations

• adaptations

• ancestors

• natural selection

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