Definitions
Definitions
Questions
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What is evolution?
A different process, for 2 reasons.
100
What is adaption?
A trait that increases the chances that an organism will survive.
100
What moth is more likely to survive in a forest with silver bark?
A silver moth because it will blend in.
100
How many different tissues do vascular plants have?
Three.
100
Which species is closely related to the white-tailed deer?
Moose.
200
What are traits?
An inherited characteristic of a living being.
200
What is artificial selection?
Humans breed plants or animals that have certain traits in the hopes that their offspring will also have those traits.
200
What happened to the moth population in the 1950's?
It is increases.
200
What does xylem carry?
Water and minerals.
200
Which species can scientists most likely observe direct evidence of evolutionary change?
Fruit flies.
300
What is variation?
Variety of individuals.
300
What is natural selection?
Pressures within the environment favor the survival of individuals within certain traits over individuals that lack those traits.
300
Did the birds decide to eat the silver moths or black moths?
Black moths because they don't blend in.
300
What does phloem carry?
Food that the plant makes through photosynthesis.
300
What characteristic would lead to evolutionary change within 10 generations?
Type of skeletons.
400
What is sexual reproduction?
When offspring have 2 different parents.
400
What is speciation?
When natural selection produces new species.
400
What is a useful beak for opening hard nuts?
Short thick.
400
What would happen to the 2 populations?
Both populations will become different species.
400
What physical adaption do dolphins and salmon share?
They both have streamlined bodies for swimming.
500
What is mutation?
A change in an organisms genetic makeup that leads to a new trait.
500
What is taxonomy?
The science of naming and classifying organisms based on their similarities and differences.
500
What beak is useful for digging insects out of the cracks of rocks?
Long and thin.
500
Which animal has a similar body plan to humans?
Whale.
500
Describe 1 change that may happen to the crab population over many generations?
Most of the population would adapt to hard shells.
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