Vocabulary
Trait
a specific characteristic of an individual organism
Did rough skinned newts become more or less poisonous over time?
More
Are ostrilopes real or fake organisms?
Fake
a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
Non-adaptive trait
A result or change that happens because of an event or process
effect
Camouflage
a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
Name one trait or feature of Rough Skinned Newts
Brown bumpy skin, orange bellies, stubby legs and teeth
What is the variation of the body color trait in Ostrilopes?
Blue, Green, Yellow
Offspring
an organism produced as a result of reproduction
A group of individuals born and living about the same time
Generation
A trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
Adaptive Trait
Is poison level in newts an adaptive trait?
Yes
In one simulator test, I changed the environment to cold. Over 50 generations, did more ostrilopes have more or less fur?
More fur
the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
Natural Selection
The number of individuals with each trait in a population
Distribution
Environment
Everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
What changed in the environment of the newt population that caused them to change their poison level traits?
Snakes/predators
In the simulator when I changed the temperature to cold, did higher fur levels become an adaptive or non-adaptive trait?
Adaptive
Population
a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
Histogram
A graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
A type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
Protein molecule
Although the video we watched was fictional, where do these newts actually live?
State parks in Oregon
It depends on the environment. If the environment is yellow, and there are predators, then it is adaptive. If there are no predators, it is not an adaptive trait.
Is brown hair color a dominant or recessive trait?
Dominant
Gene
Instructions for making a protein molecule