Grade 7 Unit 05: Adaptations in Plants and Animals Review

1. 1. Differentiate between structural and behavioral adaptations.
2. 2. Identify the function of adaptations such as: gills, seed dispersion, flight (feathers, hollow bones), surviving drought, camoflauge, etc.
3. 3. In terms of natural selection, what does fitness mean?
4. 4. Compare natural selection and selective breeding.
5. 5. Practice using a dichotomous key.
6. 6. Why do Galapagos finches have different beak size and shapes?
7. 7. Leaves: compound, simple, palmate, pinnate, leaf margin (toothed, untoothed)
8. Vocabulary: gravitropism/geotropism, phototropism, selective breading, fitness, natural selection