4 - Adaptation and Fitness
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Practice Questions
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What is an adaptation?
💡 Hint: Think about how organisms change to survive.
Define fitness in a biological context.
💡 Hint: Consider how many offspring an organism has.
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What does adaptation refer to?
💡 Hint: Think about how organisms change to fit their environments.
True or False: Fitness is solely about physical strength.
💡 Hint: Consider what makes animals successful in their environments.
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Discuss how the concept of adaptability can affect species fitness in rapidly changing environments.
💡 Hint: Consider recent case studies on climate change.
Evaluate the role of genetic variation in adaptation and fitness among populations.
💡 Hint: Reflect on examples like antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
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