Natural Selection
This term describes the process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and reproduce.
Natural Selection
This English naturalist developed the theory of natural selection after studying finches in the Galápagos Islands.
Charles Darwin
This ability allows animals to blend into their surroundings to avoid predators or sneak up on prey.
Camouflage
This type of adaptation occurs when one species evolves to resemble another, typically for protection or to gain a survival advantage.
Mimicry
This term refers to the physical or behavioral changes that help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
Adaptations
This phrase, often associated with Darwin, describes how individuals with beneficial traits are more likely to pass on their genes.
survival of the fittest
The process by which organisms change over generations due to inherited traits is called this.
Theory of Evolution
A chameleon is famous for changing this to blend into its environment.
Color
Do organism controlled what type of mimicry they develop or use?
NO! nature makes it own decisions
During the winter, many animals, like bears, enter a period of deep sleep known as this, to conserve energy.
hibernation
Natural selection acts on variations in a population, which often arise due to these random changes in DNA.
Mutations
This term describes when humans, rather than nature, drive selection by breeding organisms for specific traits, such as in dog breeding.
Artificial Selection
Camouflage helps animals avoid these threats in the wild.
Predators
The mockingbird is known for mimicking the songs of other bird species. This type of mimicry, where one species imitates another for a specific purpose, is known as this.
Sound/Auditory Mimicry
The long neck of this African mammal Giraffe that helps it reach food in tall trees is an example of a what?
Adaptation
In industrial-era England, this moth species evolved darker wing colors to blend in with soot-covered trees.
Peppered Moths
Darwin observed variations in this feature of Galápagos finches, helping him develop his theory of natural selection.
Beaks
A stick insect avoids predators by looking like this part of a tree.
In an example of Müllerian mimicry, this toxic butterfly species and the similarly toxic viceroy butterfly both have similar color patterns to warn predators
Monarch Butterfly
This animal’s green color and leaf-like shape help it blend into its environment to avoid predators. What kind of adaptation is this?
Camouflage
The increasing resistance of bacteria to this type of drug is a real-world example of natural selection in action.
Antibiotics
Body parts that are reduced in size and no longer serve a function, like the human appendix, are known as these structures.
vestigial structures
This reptile is famous for changing its skin color, though it often does so for communication rather than blending in.
Chameleon
This type of mimicry involves one species imitating a more dangerous or predatory species to trick potential prey, like the anglerfish’s glowing lure.
Aggressive Mimicry
This animal has a thick layer of fur and blubber to insulate against freezing temperatures. What type of adaptation is this?
structural adaptation for cold environments