Vocabulary
What is a trait?
characteristic
In the Bird Beak Lab what candy represented the slug?
Marshmallows
Inherited characteristics that increase an animals chance of survival is an
adaptation
What adaptation could bunnies develop to help them survive in the snow?
White fur or thick fur
What is the process that plants use to make energy?
photosynthesis
A sudden change in the DNA sequence
Mutations
In the Elephant lab what were poachers killing the elephants for?
Their tusks (ivory)
Birds with many different beak types within their population is called
variation
What trait could turtles develop in order to reach taller plants
longer necks or saddleback shells
What trophic level do cows belong in
primary consumer
Traits are controlled by _____, sections of DNA found on chromosomes.
Genes
What adaptation did female elephants in africa develop to help them survive poaching
tusklessness
What kind of traits are most likely to be passed on to the next generation?
Beneficial traits
What adaptation does a peacock have to attract a mate?
long colorful tale feathers
What is one example of producer
any kind of plant like trees, flowers, grass
Observable traits like height or eye color.
phenotype
In the Virtual Bunny Lab what was one limiting factor that the bunnies faced?
tough food, wolves, limited food
Traits that you get from your parents and pass on to your offspring are called
inherited traits
If an organism can not adapt to their changing environment fast enough they may become ____.
Extinct
CO2 can also be called
Carbon dioxide
An organism with two dominant alleles (RR)is?
Heterozygous Dominant
What environmental influence would change a bunnies fur from brown to white.
Weather
the gradual change in the inherited traits of a population over many generations, leading to the development of new species
evolution
An adaptation that does not help an organism survive and reproduce but is also not harmful is called____
a neutral adaptation
What elements are found in glucose?
Oxygen, carbon and Hydrogen