1. Biological Adaptations
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2. MAIN IDEA
Populations in a particular environment that are better adapted to living conditions in that environment, are able to meet their survival needs, are more likely to survive and reproduce offspring with those traits

3. Variations variations
There are _______________among species of similar populations

5. What are several adaptations that enhance this organisms survival in it’s current environment?

6. What are several adaptations that enhance this organisms survival in it’s current environment?

7. What are several adaptations that enhance this organisms survival in it’s current environment?

8. Mimicry

9. What do you see? How does this happen?

10. What adaptation would a particular organism need to survive in 1985 compared to 2002?

11. Natural Selection: Cause and Effect
Certain snails that live in woods and in grasses are eaten by birds. The snails that live in grasses are yellow. The snails that live on the woodland floor are dark colored.
Explain how the snails have become adapted to their environments through natural selection.

12. Does Natural Selection Occur on a Microscopic Level?

13. Antibiotic Resistance

14. Practice Problem

15. Practice Problem

16. Virginia opossums are commonly found in South Carolina
Virginia opossums are commonly found in South Carolina. When confronted by a predator, they will collapse and lie motionless for a moment and then run off. What term best describes this defense strategy?
Physical adaptation
Mutation
Behavioral adaptation
classification

17. Adaptation Rap