"Graphing" it Out
This variable is the factor in an experiment or study that you change, control, or manipulate to see what effect it has
What is Independent Variable
These types of trees do not drop their leaves in the winter, thus their nickname....
Evergreens
____ change over time, not ______
Populations and Individuals
This is the process where organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce
What is natural selection
These types of animals gain heat from an external source
What is ectotherms
Unlike Quantitative data, this type of data is non-numerical information that describes qualities, characteristics, opinions, or behaviors
What is Qualitative data
Adaptations aid in ___ and ___
Survival and Reproduction
This is the chemical process that occurs within a living organism in order to maintain life (hint: generate heat too)
Metabolism
List the levels of ecological organization (hint: Individual is the first)
What is: Individual, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere
This term refers to random fluctuations in the frequencies of alleles from generation to generation due to chance events.
Breaking students down into categories like year (Freshman, Sophmore, Junior, Senior) is an example of this type of data, which represents a limited number of values possible
What is Discrete data
The two types of adaptations are:
Behavioral and Structural (Physiological)
These are animals that are active and perform most of not all of their activities during the day
Diurnal
When members of the same species compete for the same resource. (Hint, two male lions fighting for access to a mate)
Intraspecific Competition
The required state for an organisms to maintain a stable and healthy life
When writing a conclusion paragraph, you need to include your claim, evidence (data), and ______
What is the rationale or reasoning for why the evidence supports the claim.
This type of plant, often called a "flowering plant," relies on pollination from insects, including the honey bee.
Angiosperm
This is prolonged torpor or dormancy of an animal during a hot or dry period.
What is estivation
Darwin called this "The Struggle for Existence" when describing this principle of natural selection
What is Overpopulation
This specialized plant tissue is responsible for transporting water and dissolved minerals upward from the roots to the stems and leaves
Xylem
This type of graph is typically associated with time and uses continuous data to show the relationship between variables (2 words)
What is a line graph
These are a large group of land plants that have specialized tissues to transport water, minerals, and food throughout the plant.
This term represents the reduction in genetic variation that results when a small subset of a large population is used to establish a new colony.
This term is an extreme example of genetic drift that happens when the size of a population is severely reduced.
What is Bottleneck
This type of selection selects against the average individual in a population.
What is Disruptive Selection