Vocabulary
Visual variations
A
A
Artificial Selection & Variations
B
B
Natural Selection
C
C
Adaptations
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D
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The way an organism behaves and interacts with its environment to help them survive and reproduce.
Behavioral adaptation
100
Yellow beetle and green beetles live in the rainforest canopy. What what will happen to this population?
The green population will increase and the yellow will decrease due to natural selection
100
Differences among a species, large or small.
What is variation?
100
The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
What is.. Natural Selection
100
In an arctic environment, which would survive longer: red foxes or white foxes?
White foxes
200
Physical features of an organism which enables it to survive in an environment.
Structural adaptation
200
What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown?
Dark moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population decreases.
200
Variations that are favorable become known as _____________.
What is adaptation?
200
What do living things need to be good at in order to survive? Choose all that apply.
A. Reproducing/finding a mate
B. Hiding from predators or competition
C. Science
D. Finding/creating food
A. Reproducing/finding a mate
B. Hiding from predators or competition
D. Finding/creating food
200
A group of fish have been observed to show changes in mouth structure over many generations. What is this change a result of?
Fish adapting to the food source for survival.
300
What is a change in a gene/DNA that results in a new trait?
What is a mutation?
300
The forest this species of beetles lives in is suffering from pollution of the soil that has caused all the leaves to turn brown. What is the graph showing?
The graph shows that the green beetle population decreased and the brown beetle population increased due to the environment changing.
300
The process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits.
What is artificial selection?
300
Does natural selection typically take a long time or a short time?
What is a Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time?
300
Is an example of a behavioral or structural adaptation?
South American armadillos have a tough, boney plated exterior that provides an armor-like protection from predators. The hard shell along with the ability to roll up completely into a ball leads to higher survival rates.
Structural adaptation
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A TRAIT that helps an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
What is Adaptation?
400
Giraffes of the same species will have slight variations from one animal to another. One notable variation is neck length/height with some giraffes being taller than others. Which height (tall/short) do you think would help giraffes survive?
Taller giraffes have a higher chance of survival since they have more access to food than shorter giraffes.
400
Variations can be helpful or harmful to organisms survival. Which is an example of a helpful variation?
A. choosing a caramel colored horse at an auction over a grey one
B. black moths in a region with white trees
C. planting hydrangeas to attract deer
D. anteaters with longer tongues where the food source is deep in the ground
D. anteaters with longer tongues where the food source is deep in the ground
400
When a predator is not present, what other factors determine an organism's survival?
Environment or food source
400
Why do we see so much variation in the beak types in birds? Like the different sizes and shapes of the beak?
The different sizes and shapes of beaks in birds is caused by what they are adapted to eat.
500
An organism's ability to survive and produce offspring that reach reproductive age, ensuring the passing of genes to the next generation
What is.. Reproductive success
500
Plants have the ability to collect sunlight and convert it to food. How they collect sunlight is through their leaves similar to solar panels. Leaf size is actually a variation and adaptation that helps plants survive. Which leaf type do you think would be the best at collecting sunlight? 
Large leaves are the best at collecting sunlight because just like solar panels the larger the surface area the larger amount of sunlight they can collect.
500
Variations can be helpful or harmful to organisms survival. Which is an example of a harmful variation?
A. choosing a red tortoise over a yellow one at the pet store
B. brown rabbits in a region that was always covered in snow
C. planting catnip to attract cats
D. owls having fine feathers that allow them to fly in complete silence
B. brown rabbits in a region that was always covered in snow
500
What would happen if the environment changes drastically and no organisms have fitting adaptations?
The species starts dying out and eventually becomes extinct.
500
Is an example of a behavioral or structural adaptation? Honeybees work together in a hive, with different bees preforming roles such as foraging, nursing, and defending the colony.
Behavioral adaptation