Vocabulary
Adaptations
Natural Selection
Examples of Adaptation
Examples of Natural Selection
100
What is the genetic material that contains the information for life?
DNA
100
Name an adaptation that an owl has.
Camouflage, big eyes, talon, curved beak, etc.
100
What is survival of the fittest?
Natural Selection
100
Mimicry, camouflage, or chemical defense: A baby duck matches the nest.
Camouflage
100
In an arctic environment, which would survive longer: red foxes or white foxes?
White foxes
200
What is a piece of DNA that contains the information for a trait called?
A gene
200

Name an adaptation a housefly has.

Wings, 360 degree vision, small, antennae, etc

200

Does natural selection take a long time or a short time?

generations

200
Mimicry, camouflage, or chemical defense: A centipede releases venom when it bites.
Chemical defense
200
Bees are attracted to bright colors like red and pink. What would happen to a population of roses that had red, pink, and white flowers?
The white flowers will eventually die because they won't be getting pollinated.
300
What is a change in a gene that results in a new trait?
A mutation
300
Name the adaptation where an organism blends into its environment.
Camouflage
300
What is "fitness"?
How well an organism fits into the environment
300
What is an adaptation that has occurred in giraffes?

Long necks to reach high food sources

300

A pumpkin farmer want to grow the largest pumpkin possible. He mates his largest pumpkin with his second largest pumpkin and plants the seeds. The next year he mates the pumpkins from these seeds with his largest pumpkins. Eventually, he starts getting very large pumpkins. Is this natural selection or selective breeding?

Selective breeding

400
A trait that helps an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
Adaptation
400
Name the adaptation where one organism looks like another organism
Mimicry
400
Every population has some differences which cause different traits. What is this called?
Variation
400
What internal structure do penguins have to help them tolerate cold temperatures?

Thick fat layer

400
A population of hummingbirds have long beaks and short beaks. The flowers the hummingbirds usually eat from have died and now the hummingbirds need to eat from smaller flowers. How will the population of hummingbirds change?
The hummingbirds with long beaks will die and there will be more hummingbirds with short beaks.
500

How are natural selection and selective breeding different?

Natural selection is a natural process that helps organisms survive in their environment. Selective breeding is human made for our needs

500

Why are insects commonly used to study natural selection?

Quick reproductive cycle and fewer traits

500
Who is the scientist who first explained natural selection?
Charles Darwin
500

What adaptation occurred in birds to help them fly?

Air pockets in bones help them fly

500
In a group of poison ivy, some plants do not produce the chemical that causes itching and is eaten by animals. What will happen to this population?
The poison ivy without the chemical will die.
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