Vocabulary
Natural Selection
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Natural Selection
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The process by which species cease to exist is
What is extinction?
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Yellow beetle and green beetles live in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:
The green population will increase and the yellow will decrease?
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What is the vocabulary for "survival of the fittest"?
What is Natural Selection?
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Darwin observed that the shape of these finches _________ were well matched with the seeds available in their own distinct environment.
Beaks
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The process through which species change over time
Evolution
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The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals
Natural Selection
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What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown?
Dark moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population decreases.
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Does natural selection typically take a long time or a short time?
A Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time?
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This is how giraffes evolved long necks.
More long-necked giraffes survived to pass on their genes.
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Preserved remains of once-living organisms
Fossil
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What is a change in a gene that results in a new trait?
What is a mutation?
300
What would happen if the environment changes drastically and no organisms have fitting adaptations?
A species could go extinct
300
In an arctic environment, which would survive longer: red foxes or white foxes?
White foxes
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Can an organism "CHOOSE" to evolve and change?
No, organisms CANNOT CHOOSE to change their genes or traits!
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Who authored the book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection?
Charles Darwin?
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A TRAIT that helps an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
What is Adaptation?
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 in order to survive on particular islands
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Darwin began to hypothesize that organisms developed traits over time because of the differences in their ___________.
Environments
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A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.
Trait
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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?
Dark moth