stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Natural selection and Adaptation Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Natural selection and Adaptation
Natural selection and Adaptation
20 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
149,498 plays
Quiz on natural selection and adaptaions
Flashcards
20 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
20
Answers
1
____ occurs when the environment changes and the adaptations hurt the species
Isolation
evolution
extinction
natural selection
2
The story of peppered moths demonstrate an example of ___
how variance helps a population survive
moths' ability to change color overnight
an adaptation based on structural features
an adaptation based on behavioral features
3
Which layer contains the YOUNGEST fossils?
bottom layer
no one knows?
Top layer
middle layer
4
The picture is an example of an animal doing what?
Hibernation
Variation
Camouflage
Mimicry
5
The process of change over a period of time is called _____.
Adaptation
evolution
natural selection
selective breeding
6
What is the number one goal of an organism?
Help others be better
Learn about global warming
Become famous
Survive and reproduce
7
An example of an adaptation is ____
birds different beaks
Wolverines claws
elephants long trunk
Giraffes long neck
8
The process where organisms with favorable adaptations are most likely to survive is called __
natural selection
change over time
Speciation
Evolution
9
2. A process by which favorable traits tend to increase in frequency over time is called
change over time
Natural selection
variation
evolution
10
Choose the statement that is NOT part of Darwin's theory of evolution?
All organisms are linked to a common ancestor
extinction causes evolution
organisms change over time
evolution occurs over a long period of time
11
What is an inherited trait that increases an organisms chance of surviving and reproducing?
evolution
variation
adaptaion
Natural selection
12
1. Who is the english,naturalist who studied plants and animals and created an evolution theory
Mr. Clem
Gregory Mendel
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
13
How does a lizard's
camouflage
help it survive?
sharpens hearing
better balance
clearer view of environment
harder to see by predators
14
According to
Darwin
, why did the Galapagos finches have
different
beaks?
Genetic mutation
Feeding habits and diet
Difference in defenses
Difference in flight
15
which is a cause for extinction?
failure to adapt to the environment
rapid environmental changes
variation in the population
introduction of a predator
16
What did Darwin help to explain?
How birds fly
How old the Earth is
Genetics
How species change over time
17
How does natural selection occur?
individuals in populations are not exactly alike
favorable adaptations are selected and increase over time
Most offspring are produced than can survive
nature random selects who lives and who goes extinct
18
Random _____ in genes produce variations of traits in a population.
natural selection
order
mutations
combination
19
Isolation occurs when a population becomes _____ by an event.
doubled
Divided
Extinct
Diseased
20
Why did black moths increase in population during England's Industrial Revolution?
The environment changed in their favor.
They had a trait better suited to the environment
They had no predators
They had better jobs with higher pay
