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Name: __________________________________
Adaptation Overview
A trait is a defining ________________________________ of an organism. A trait that allows an organism to
________________________ better in a particular _____________________________
Is known as an ___________________________________. Adaptations ( do or do not ) happen over short periods
of time. Instead, over ________________________of years, species develop these traits as they _________________ to
their environment. The change in a population over time is known as _________________________________.
It is very important to know that adaptations are the result of ______________________ mutations (mistakes in
the DNA). Meaning the animals ( do or do not ) choose to develop them. The animals that randomly
have traits best suited to the ____________________________________ are the ones that ______________________. The
process where the environment selects for some organisms to survive based on their traits is known as
_______________________ ____________________________.
Word Bank:
environment (2x) – characteristic – years – natural selection
random - millions – survive (2x) – adapt – adaptation - evolution
Name: __________________________________
Adaptation Overview
A trait is a defining ________________________________ of an organism. A trait that allows an organism to
________________________ better in a particular _____________________________
Is known as an ___________________________________. Adaptations ( do or do not ) happen over short periods
of time. Instead, over ________________________of years, species develop these traits as they _________________ to
their environment. The change in a population over time is known as _________________________________.
It is very important to know that adaptations are the result of ______________________ mutations (mistakes in
the DNA). Meaning the animals ( do or do not ) choose to develop them. The animals that randomly
have traits best suited to the ____________________________________ are the ones that ______________________. The
process where the environment selects for some organisms to survive based on their traits is known as
_______________________ ____________________________.
Word Bank:
environment (2x) – characteristic – years – natural selection
random - millions – survive (2x) – adapt – adaptation - evolution