This is the process by which organisms with traits better suited to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully.
What is natural selection?
If you push a wall, the wall pushes back with equal strength in the opposite direction. This is an example of this physics law in action.
What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?
This network carrying surface water, is fresh water, is fed by smaller tributaries, and typically empties out into a lake or the ocean.
What is a river?
Opposite electrical charges do this when brought close to each other.
What is attract?
If a trait helps an animal blend into its surroundings and avoid predators, this trait is considered.
What is an adaptive trait?
A wagon pulled with the same force moves faster when it's empty than when it’s full. This shows the relationship between force, motion, and this property of the wagon.
What is mass?
Natural selection acts on these inherited characteristics that vary among individuals.
What are traits?
An object in motion will stay in motion, an object at rest will stay at rest, unless acted upon by an outside force.
What is Newton's 1st Law of Motion?
While cells are known as the "building blocks of life", this material is known as the "blueprint of life". It is shaped like a double helix, found inside the nucleus, and it allows important characteristics to replicate and be passed on to the next generation.
What is DNA?
This happens to traits in a population when the environment changes.
What is the distribution of traits changes?
When describing how a car moves down a street, we say it's going 60 miles per hour north. This phrase includes a speed and a direction, which together describe this.
What is velocity?
This organ system has the kidneys as its main organ, and allows the body to filter out toxins and release them from the body.
What is the excretory system?
This is the term for when more organisms are born than can survive, creating competition for resources.
What is overpopulation?
Two students argue about how fast a train is moving. One is standing on the platform and one is on another train. Their disagreement is likely due to this.
What is their point of reference?