Everything alive reproduces. There is not enough food or habitat for infinite life, so the less fit organisms don't live as long as others, and die before they can make babies. This is the first element of Natural Selection.
What is the Struggle For Existence?
100
Genetic Drift, Mutation, or Selection.
What is a force that acts in evolution?
100
Everything alive replicates itself.
What is Reproduction?
100
When you're done with all of your testing and your analysis and conclusions are completed, what you must finally do, as the LAST step of Scientific Inquiry, is this.
What is Communicate the Results.
100
When an organism falls asleep for a prolonged amount of time and it's heart rate and temperature drops a lot to conserve energy.
What is Hibernation?
200
When individuals reproduce, their babies have similar phenotypes or physical traits. This is the third element of Natural Selection.
What is "Inheritance"?
200
Anything that gives an organism an advantage over others.
What is Selective Advantage?
200
Everything alive needs to eat and produce waste.
What is Use of Energy?
200
While you are conducting your investigation, this is how you keep track of what is happening and compare the test to the control. This is the fourth step of Scientific Inquiry.
What is Collect & Interpret Data?
200
When an animal resembles another, more dangerous animal in order to protect itself from predators.
What is Mimicry?
300
Certain phenotypes are better suited than others for life in certain places. Organisms with better phenotypes (bodies) will grow older and make healthy babies. This is the fourth element of Natural Selection.
What is "Some Phenotypes Are Better Adapted"?
300
The study of how information gets passed down through the genes.
What is Heredity?
300
Everything alive changes size or shape at one point in its life cycle.
What is Growth & Development?
300
This is the first step of Scientific Inquiry; before everything else.
What is "Pose a Question"?
300
When an animal can blend in with it's surroundings (leaves, grass, trees, etc) so it can hide from predators or sneak up on prey.
What is Protective Coloration (Camouflage)?
400
Bodies are not exact replicas of their parents (unless reproduction is asexual). Thus, organisms differ in slight ways. This is the second element of Natural Selection.
What is Individual Variation in Phenotype (or Variation)?
400
Replacement of the population with one gene.
What is Fixation?
400
Everything alive will move when poked, so to speak.
What is Response to Stimuli?
400
The third step of scientific inquiry; when you make your plan for your investigation.
What is Design an Experiment?
400
When an organism or a group of them moves from one place to another to find food, breed, or be in warmer weather.
What is Migration?
500
OVER TIME, new species evolve with traits that are better suited for the environment. This is the fifth element of Natural Selection.
What is "Adaptations Evolve"?
500
A change in a DNA base or chromosome?
What is a Mutation?
500
Everything alive is made of of this - some organisms have one while others have many.
What is Cellular Structure (made of cells)?
500
The second step of Scientific Inquiry, it involves an "if, then" statement.
What is Develop a Hypothesis?
500
When an organism acts in a specific way to get a mate, find food, or teach their young to behave. An example is the crazy mating dances that Birds of Paradise do to win a mate.