Question

16 multiple choice 1 point which of the following is the best example of adapting to changing environmental conditions, according to science? as the earth has warmed, some humans have adapted over many generations by growing more body hair. as the earth has warmed, wooly mammoths adapted by losing hair over many generations and evolving into modern day elephants. seasonal changes on earth have made some cats and dogs become more nocturnal. asteroid impacts on earth forced many dinosaur species to adapt over many generations to living underground.

Explanation:

1. Analyze Option 1: Human adaptation to warming by growing more body hair is incorrect. Warming would likely select for less body hair, not more, as more hair would increase heat retention.
2. Analyze Option 2: Woolly mammoths (adapted to cold) losing hair as Earth warmed and evolving into modern elephants aligns with evolutionary adaptation to environmental change (warming). This shows a long - term, generational adaptation to a changing climate.
3. Analyze Option 3: Cats and dogs becoming more nocturnal due to seasonal changes is a short - term behavioral change, not a long - term evolutionary adaptation to environmental conditions as per scientific definitions of adaptation (which often involves genetic changes over generations).
4. Analyze Option 4: Most dinosaur species went extinct due to asteroid impacts, and there is no evidence that many dinosaur species adapted to live underground over generations. The asteroid impact is associated with the extinction of dinosaurs, not their adaptation to underground living.

Answer:

B. As the Earth has warmed, wooly mammoths adapted by losing hair over many generations and evolving into modern day elephants.