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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #2897 Adaptations
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Adaptable enable living organisms to cope with environmental stresses and pressures. Adaptation can be structural and behavioral. Structural adaptations are special body parts of an organism that help it to survive in its natural habitat (e.g. skin, color, shape, body covering) behavioral adaptations are the ways a particular organism behaves to survive in its natural habitat. Psychological adaptations are systems present in an organism that allow it to perform certain biochemical reactions (e.g. making venom, secreting slime, being able to keep a constant body temperature). Adaptations are traits that have been selected for by natural selection. The Underlying genetic basis for the adaptive trait did not arise as a consequence of the environment, the genetic variance pre-existed and was subsequently selected because it provided the bearer of that variant some advantage.

Which of the following are true statements about adaptations?

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Option 1: "They can be structural, behavioral, or physiological adaptations."

Explanation: The text clearly states that adaptations can be structural, behavioral, and psychological (which is synonymous with physiological). This aligns with the main idea that adaptations are various traits that help organisms survive in their environments.

Option 2: "They mostly occur in physical appearances of special body parts of an organism."

Explanation: While structural adaptations do relate to physical appearances, the statement is misleading as it implies that adaptations are primarily about physical traits. The text emphasizes that adaptations also include behavioral and psychological aspects, making this option too narrow.

Option 3: "They are new genes created to increase an organism's chance of survival."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text specifies that the genetic variance for adaptations pre-existed and was selected for its advantages, rather than being newly created. Therefore, this statement contradicts the information provided.

Option 4: "They are genes selected due to the benefits they offer in a particular environment."

Explanation: The text mentions that adaptations are traits selected by natural selection because they provide advantages. This directly supports the idea that these traits (or genes) are favored in specific environments, making this option correct.

Option 5: "They are created by the environment to help an organism survive in its habitat."

Explanation: This statement is incorrect as it suggests that adaptations are created by environmental factors. The text clarifies that the genetic basis for adaptations pre-existed and was selected, indicating that adaptations are not created by the environment but rather selected from existing genetic variations.

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