Variations
A difference in beak shape among members of the same finch species is an example of what?
What is variation?
Mutations are a change in an organism's what?
What is DNA or Genes?
What is an inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival and reproduction?
What is an adaptation?
Who was the naturalist who traveled to the Galapagos Islands and studies the differences between the finches and tortoises, and later came up with the Theory of Evolution Through Natural Selection?
Who was Charles Darwin?
Reproduction that is not tampered with will lead to what type of selection?
What is Natural Selection?
Small changes in traits that cause variation are frequently caused by what?
What is mutations?
True or False, mutations cannot be inherited
What is false?
Blue whales migrating to mate and give birth is an example of what kind of adaptation?
What is a behavioral adaptation?
What islands did Charles Darwin travel to on the HMS Beagle?
What is the Galapagos Islands?
Reproduction that involves the direct selection of certain traits for a more "desirable outcome" like in dogs, is known as what kind of selection?
What is artificial selection/ selective breeding?
Animals with ____________ that benefit them, allowing them compete better for food, live longer than other animals in the same species.
What is variations?
Mutations lead to what?
What is variations?
True or false, adaptations within a species are things that occur very quickly?
What is false?
What did Darwin discover about the Tortoises on the different islands of the Galapagos?
What is differences in structures based on the food available or predators present?
The biological and chemical methods that lead to change the arrangement of DNA that makes up a gene is known as what?
What is genetic engineering?
The key to evolution, according to Darwin, was what?
What was variations between species?
What is an example of a neutral mutation? (a mutation that is neither good or bad)
What is blue eyes/ different colored eyes?
A moth blending into the trees they live on are examples of what kind of adaptation?
What is camouflage?
Charles Darwin stated that "reproduction of animals best suited to their environment in greater numbers than the reproduction of less well-suited animals" is known as what?
What is Natural Selection?
GMOs, or this modified organisms, allow for scientists to alter crops that can improve the crop for human use.
What is genetically?
One of the major findings of Peter and Rosemary Grant were the variations among finches and beak sizes were related to what?
What was food availability?
In order for adaptations to occur within a species, mutations must survive to the next generation. Why would a negative mutation not be passed along to the next generation?
What is the mutation did not give the animal a higher chance of reproducing, so the trait died with the animal?
A caterpillar appearing as a snake to other animals scare away potential predators is known as what kind of adaptation?
What is mimicry?
Why is Darwin’s theory of natural selection sometimes described as “survival of the fittest”?
What is organisms most suited to their organism are more likely to survive?
The therapy used to edit specific genes to change the phenotype of a trait is known as what?
What is gene therapy?