Vocabulary
"a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group"
Species
This introduces variation to DNA.
Mutation
This is something that all members of a species have.
A feature
Rough-Skinned Newts are found in this area of the United States.
What is the Pacific Northwest?
"a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment"
Non-adaptive trait
The vast majority of mutations do this.
Nothing
This is what makes a member of a species unique.
Their traits
This is the habitat of a rough-skinned newt.
What is water AND land?
"the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring"
Reproduction
If a mutation results in an adaptive trait, we can expect it to do this over many generations.
Becomes more common
A dog has brown fur. This brown fur is...
A trait
This is the natural predator of the rough-skinned newt
What is the garter snake?
"any difference in traits between individual organisms"
Variation
A trait is non-adaptive if it does this.
Keeps the organism from surviving and/or reproducing.
This is an adaptive trait for dogs who live in cold locations.
Long fur/long hair.
This is how snakes know not to eat a particularly poisonous rough skinned newt.
What is taste it?
"the number of individuals with each trait in a population"
Distribution
In a group of rainforest plants, what is an adaptive mutation if the environment changes from high to low rainfall?
HIGH water storage.
Adaptive traits do this over many generations.
Become more common.
This is the (full) name of the poison that Rough Skinned Newts produce.
What is tetradotoxin?