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Adaptations & Natural Selection
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Branching diagram showing the inferred
evolutionary
relationships among various species
flow chart
family tree
Venn diagram
phylogenetic tree
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Quills on a porcupine are what type of adaptation?
Physiological
Structural
Involuntary
Behavioral
3
Which of these is Homozygous Dominant?
tt
Ww
XY
TT
4
An organism that is genetically identical to the organism from which it has been produced
Clone
Appendage
Adapted
Allele
5
Squirrels burying nuts is a...
Nuisance
Behavioral adaptation
Structural adaptation
Physiological adaptation
6
What is a structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment?
Adaptation
Selective Breeding
Mutation
Cloning
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How likely an event is to occur
Bias
Probability
Latitude
Seismic
8
The arm of a human, the wing of a bird, the leg of a dog, and the flipper of a dolphin or whale
homozygous features
secondary characteristics
heterozygous features
homologous structures
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Involuntary action or change to help with survival
Behavioral adaptation
Chromosome
Structural adaptation
Physiological adaptation
10
Which of these represents a hybrid?
Rr
hh
XY
HH
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The passing of traits from parents to offspring
Lineage
Inheritance
Heredity
Family history
12
Action done on purpose to help with survival
Structural adaptation
Behavioral adaptation
fight or flight response
Physiological adaptation
13
Selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation
Genetic Code
Cloning
Mutation
Selective breeding
14
Bird calls are an example of what type of adaptation?
Aviary
Structural
Physiological
Behavioral
15
Sweating is an example of which type of adaptation?
Behavioral
Literary
Structural
Physiological
16
A female organism has...
YY chromosomes
XX chromosomes
XY chromosomes
X-1 chromosomes
17
The prehensile tail on a spider monkey is a...
Structural adaptation
Physiological adaptation
Myth
Behavioral adaptation
18
3 main ideas of Natural Selection
Who, What, When
Stop, Drop, Roll
Earth, Moon, Sun
Overpopulation, Competition, Variation
19
Organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
Theory of Natural Selection
Theory of Evolution
Theory of Participation
Theory of Survival
20
A fox's thick coat is what type of adaptation?
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Climate
21
The location where many of Darwin's discoveries took place
Galapagos Islands
South America
Africa
Greenland
22
Which of these is an inherited trait?
eye color
hair texture
all of these
height
23
Allele pairs representing an organism
Genotype
Alleleotype
Phenotype
Prototype
24
An organism's physical appearance
Phenotype
Genotype
Personality
Stature
25
Dilating pupils are what type of adaptation?
Physiological
Behavioral
Optic
Structural
26
Getting straight teeth from braces is...
an acquired trait
an inherited trait
an adaptation
expensive
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Mutations can occur naturally or by exposure to...
loud music
sunlight
harsh conditions
chemicals and radiation
28
Fight or flight is an example of a...
Video game
Structural adaptation
Behavioral adaptation
Physiological adaptation
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Homozygous is...
Common
Hybrid
Purebred
Rare
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A male organism has...
Y+1 chromosomes
XX chromosomes
YY chromosomes
XY chromosomes
