Natural Selection
During the Industrial Revolution, dark colored moths had a higher survival rate than the light colored moths. Why is this?
Camouflage into the trees stained with dark soot.
The arm of a human and the wing of a bat are considered this kind a structure.
What animal did Charles Darwin study on the Galapogos Islands?
Tortoise and/or finch
Who came up with the idea of Natural Selection?
Charles Darwin
In DNA replication, adenine (A) pairs with __________
Thymine
True or False -
The strongest, fastest, and biggest organism will always survive longest.
False
Similar Sequences of amino acids of a protein (DNA) indicates a common ancestor. What is this referring to?
Molecular Biology
The gradual change in a species over time is called ____________________
Evolution
Organisms have similar structures but different functions, which piece of evidence for evolution is this?
Homologous Structure
Process where genetic material (DNA) is changed to a way that does not occur naturally
GMO
True or False - In order for natural selection to happen, there needs to be VARIATION in the population.
TRUE!
Organs or structures that lose their function over time. Left-over organs from earlier ancestors.
Vestigial Structures
Process by which the organism(s) best suited for the environment survives and reproduces
Natural Selection
A Rhesus Monkey and Human have a similar sequence of amino acids, what is this referring to?
Molecular Biology
When a plant naturally turn towards the sunny window, which characteristic of life is this?
Response to stimlus
Mutation
The study of embryos and the idea that vertebrate embryos start out looking the same.
Embryology
Why do human no longer need their appendix?
Because we discovered cooking with a fire!
The hip bones of a whale are considered this kind of structure
vestigial structure
An important section of DNA that codes for a protein is called a ______________
Gene
Adaptation
Humans have wisdom teeth and an appendix, these are what kind of structure?
Vestigial Structure
True or false, mutations can be good, bad or neutral, it just depends on the environmental conditions.
True!
The process where humans breed animals and plants for certain traits.
Artificial Selection
How would you refer to the following genotype : Hh
Heterozygous