Vocab
an adaptation that enables a species to blend with its environment
What is camouflage
Who wrote " On the origin of species".
if a island of birds has a change in food source to exclusively hard seeds like acorns, the birds might develop _________to adapt
hard beaks
If I have a genotype for a recessive trait, my genotype is:
two small letters
a slight difference in an inhabited trait of members of species
what is variation
When an adaptation is not beneficial to it's environment, we refer to that adaptive as...
non-adaptive
In a pedigree, a female is represented by:
a circle
a change in the DNA sequence of an organism's genes from the original sequence
what is a mutation?
who discovered the idea of natural selection?
Who is Charles Darwin?
evidence for Evolution can be found in
the fossil record
What information is typically NOT included in a pedigree chart
the age of the person
The resemblance of one species to another
What is Mimicry
name one animal Charles Darwin studied
birds, dog breeds, tortoises, etc.
Through this, populations of organisms adapt to their environments
Natural Selection
In a pedigree chart, a shaded shape typically indicates what?
a carrier of a trait
the distance between a set of parents and their kids is a
generation
True or False The three types of Adaptations are Structural, Behavioral, and Functional.
True
Some species blend into their environments through
Camouflage
draw a pedigree chart for a mom and dad with 3 kids
(shape drawn on white board)