The feathers of a turkey allow it to blend into its environment, what type of adaptation do you think that is?
Camouflage
100
A relationship where two animals benefit is called what?
Mutualism
100
Name two reasons an animal might migrate!
To find new food
To avoid bad weather
To mate
100
Naturalist famous for developing the theory of Natural Selection
Charles Darwin
100
Two plants, both native to the area, grow and try to receive more sunlight and water than the other. What kind of relationship is this?
Competitive relationship
200
This is a physical adaptation in which an animal looks or sounds like another more dangerous animal.
mimicry
200
A bacteria lives inside a human stomach and helps to break down all entering food. What type of relationship is this?
Mutualism
200
What are two ways a seed is dispersed
wind
water
gravity
animals
200
What are the four parts of Natural Selection
Overproduction
variation
selection
adaptation
200
The father of genetics is
Gregor Mendel
300
What behavioral adaptation does the following statement describe.
"heartbeat slows, metabolism slows, sleeping for long periods of time"
Hibernation
300
A tapeworm lives in a pigs stomach and steals all of the pigs food and causes it pain.
What kind of relationship is this?
Parasitism
300
Migration and hibernation are examples of what type of adaptation?
Behavioral
300
Charles Darwin observed that some species, such as turtle will lay thousands of eggs, this is an example of what?
overproduction
300
What is an organism called that travels to a new habitat from a foreign place and competes for the same food?
invasive species
400
How a living organism regulates its internal environment to maintain stability and help it survive is called
homeostasis
400
A small beetle rides on the back of an ox in order to travel quickly and the ox does not notice.
What kind of relationship is this?
Commensalism
400
When a plant looses its leaves this is an example of what?
dormancy
400
In a green grassy field, if a population of ants starts out purple, green, and yellow, what color will the ants eventually become due to natural selection?
This is an example of what?
green
selection
400
individuals best suited to compete, survive, and
reproduce in their environment will pass on favorable traits.
natural selection
500
Adaptation that involves the body is called
Structural Adaptation
500
Is it possible for two humans to be in a symbiotic relationship? Why?
No, because symbiosis occurs between two different species!
500
A group of wolves who are working together to catch prey is an example of what?
Cooperation
500
Darwin travelled to the Galapagos Islands and observed many differences in the finches.
What did he observe?
What is this an example of?
Differences in the beaks = different food sources
This is an example of variation
500
The passing of genetic information from one generation to the next is know as what?