MWB
The sky's the limit
Adaptations
What color are your genes?
What a web we weave
100
32 Billion
What is the reproductive potential of MWB?
100
Salt
What is the main limiting factor in Mono Lake?
100
Coloring or markings which allow an organism to blend in
What is camouflage?
100
Father of genetics, worked with pea plants, propsed idea of how traits were passed on.
Who was Gregor Mendel?
100
meat eater
What is a carnivore?
200
sunflower seed oils
What is the food source of our MWBs?
200
temperature
What is a limiting factor on MWB egg hatching?
200
Zebras moving in herds for protection
What is a behavioral adaptation?
200
A physical feature of an organism
What is a trait?
200
100 kg of grass, 10kg deer, 1kg wolf
What is the rule of 10%?
300
Bright colors warn predators that MWB may be poisonous.
What is warning coloration?
300
nonliving aspects of an ecosystem such as space, temperature, availability of water
What are abiotic factors
300
The process of change within a species over many generations to better survive.
What is evolution?
300
The number of chromosomes in most humans
What is 46?
300
fungi and bacteria
What are decomposers?
400
space, number of eggs in a clutch, percent of females, survivial rate
What are limiting factors?
400
The increase in surface temperatures caused by human activity such as burning fossil fuels.
What is global warming?
400
Sharp teeth, sharp claws, orange and black stripes, quick speed, strong legs
What are adaptations for tigers?
400
The genetic material which contains the genes or "blueprint" that determines an organism's traits.
What is DNA?
400
a hunter, attacks and kills food
What is a predator?
500
2-4 months
What is life expectancy?
500
Space, place to reproduce, food, air, water
What are basic needs of life?
500
Father of evolution, suggested the "survival of the fittest"
Who is Darwin?
500
Identical traits inherited from both parents
What is homozygous?
500
Gourmet food source for the phalaropes and gulls in Mono Lake
What are brine shrimp and flies?
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