Adaptations, Natural Selection and Selective Breeding

Process by which organisms become better suited to survive in their environment

• Adaptation

• Dichotomous Key

• Geology

• Anatomy

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The process where organisms best fit for the environment are more likely to survive & reproduce

• Mutations

• Physiology

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

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Which environmental change would lead to the better survival of darker moths over lighter ones?

• Warmer weather causes tree leaves to grow quicker

• trees become covered in black ash from nearby factories

• Heavy rainfall caused trees to grow taller

• Disease killed off more than half the TREE population

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This adaptation allows birds to fly longer distances

• Heavy, thick bones

• Hollow Bones

• Large beaks

• Small nose

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The bird on the right is better adapted to get the worm. It will probably survive and reproduce. This is known as_____.

• Atomic distribution

• Natural Selection

• Population

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Select ALL the parts of Natural Selection (Hint: it's more than 1).

• overproduction

• evolution

• variation

• selection

• competition

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What is the difference between natural and artificial selection?

• Natural selection involves human intervention, while artificial selection does not.

• There is no difference; they are the same process.

• Artificial selection is guided by human choices, while natural selection is driven by environmental factors.

• Artificial selection can only occur in plants, while natural selection occurs in animals.

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Select the snails that are most likely to survive and reproduce.

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Farmers choose seeds from the best plants to grow. This is...

• selective breeding

• natural selection

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What process is being shown in this image?

• Variation

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

• Homeostasis

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