Vocabulary
Natural Selection
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Natural Selection
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Natural Selection
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Classification
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The biological change of a species over time
What is evolution?
100
Yellow beetle and green beetles live in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:
What is the green population will increase and the yellow will decrease?
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What is the official term for the saying "survival of the fittest"?
What is Natural Selection?
100
Whale flippers, bat wings, and cat legs are considered homologous structures. What does this tell us about the evolution of the whale, bat, and cat?
What is they share a common ancestor?
100
Every species has a unique two-word name called the
What is binomial nomenclature
200
the process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
What is natural selection?
200
What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown?
Dark moths are hunted easily so the dark moth population decreases.
200
In an arctic environment which would survive longer: red foxes or white foxes?
What are white foxes
200
If a species does not adapt to changing environmental conditions what will most likely happen?
It will go extinct
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What are the different levels of groupings called in Linnaean Classification?
What are taxa or taxon
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Morphological features that are found in organisms that evolved from a common ancestor
What are homologous structures?
300
Evidence of the changes in a species' physical characteristics over long geological periods can best be shown through a study of
What is the fossil record
300
Why is it beneficial for a species to have a high degree of genetic variation?
They have a better chance of adapting to environmental changes
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What are structures that remain in modern organisms from ancient relatives that no longer serve a purpose. Ex: Appendix and wisdom teeth
What are vestigial structures
300
Given the classification below what is the correct scientific name for the monarch butterfly?
Domain - Eukaryota
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Anthropoda
Class - Insecta
Order - Lepidoptera
Family - Nymphalidae
Genus - Danaus Species - plexippus
What is Danaus plexippus
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A TRAIT that helps an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
What is Adaptation?
400
What would happen if the environment changes drastically and no organisms have fitting adaptations?
What is a species could go extinct?
400
After traveling to the Galapagos Islands, Darwin noticed a lot of variation among beak sizes in Finches. This variation was a result of:
Developing different adaptations to the food source available
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Can an individual organism adapt to changing environmental factors?
No, organisms CANNOT CHOOSE to change their genes or traits!
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Which domain are animals classified under?
Eukarya
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In the context of natural selection, what is fitness?
Having a better chance of survival to pass down favorable adaptations to their offspring
500
Name the four parts of natural selection
What is overproduction, variation, competition, and environmental factors.
500
What was observed in peppered moths due to the industrial revolution?
natural selection favored the dark-colored moths due to the trees changing color due to pollution/soot.
500
A scientist collected data about 4 bird species living in the same environment. The table lists the bird species and their diet. An insecticide was sprayed in the environment and killed many beetles. Which bird species would most likely survive this environmental change?
Species A - Feeds on many species of beetles
Species B - Feeds on one species of beetle
Species C - Feeds on many species of beetles and other insects
Species D - Feeds on two species of beetles
What is species C?
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What are the levels of classification from largest to smallest group?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species