Inheritance
The number of copies you have of EACH GENE.
What is TWO?
The diagram for everything in an ecosystem that eats other things or gets eaten.
What is the Food Web?
Survival of the ___________ is another phrase that describes Natural Selection.
What is Fittest?
Extinction means all members of a species are...
What is dead?
The total number of chromosomes in a human.
What is 46?
The process of plants getting energy from sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
Longer necked giraffes were able to survive and do this, which passed on their genes to their offspring.
What is reproduce?
This likely caused the dinosaurs to go extinct millions of years ago.
What is a meteorite / meteor / asteroid?
The two chromosome letters that determine if an offspring is male or female.
What are X and Y?
A species that is not natural to an environment that shows up and impacts the local food web.
What is an Invasive Species?
To have natural selection, a species must have this, where not all members have exactly the same traits.
What is variation?
Currently, many species are in danger of extinction because of this.
What is climate change / human activities?
This is the term for a trait showing up even if you only have ONE copy of the gene for it.
What is DOMINANCE?
TWO examples of things that animals might be competing for.
What are food, water, habitat, mates (any two are acceptable).
Natural selection occurs over many generations and was first proposed by this man.
Who is Charles Darwin?
All causes of extinction are due to this one fundamental thing.