What is the genetic material that contains the information for life?
What is DNA
100
Who is credited with discovering Evolution by Natural Selection?
Who is Charles Darwin
100
This plant has special leaves that close and trap insects.
What is a Venus Flytrap
100
True or false, A difference in beak shape among members of the same finch species is an example of variation.
What is True
100
What adaptation does the pitcher plant make to be able to survive in the bogs?
What is It catches insects and absorbs their nutrients.
200
What is a piece of DNA that contains the information for a trait called?
What is a Gene
200
What are the four requirements for Evolution by Natural Selection to occur?
What are Variation, Reproduction, Heredity, and Differential Fitness.
200
Where do plants with wide, flat leaves usually grow?
What is where there is not much sun.
200
A population of beetles changing from yellow to brown and surviving better is an example of _____. a. genes b. natural selection c. mutations d. selective breeding
What is C. Natural Selection
200
Why do many plants that grow in the shade beneath trees have wide, flat leaves?
What is to gather as much light as possible.
300
What is a change in a gene that results in a new trait?
What is a Mutation
300
What is fitness?
What is a measure of survival and reproduction.
300
What adaptation does some grass have to help protect it from animals?
What are long and thin leaves, and when the animals eat it, it stimulates more growth
300
Which of the following is a behavioral adaptation? a. Horses run as a herd. b. Horses can run quickly to escape predators. c. Horses’ teeth can grind grass. d. Horses’ hooves can withstand the shock of their bodies running.
What is A. horses run as a heard
300
What are the four different components of an ecosystem?
What is abiotic, producers, consumers, and ecosystem functions.
400
A trait that helps an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
What is an Adaptation
400
What is artificial selection?
What is the intentional reproduction of individuals in a population that have desirable traits
400
Leaves are adaptations that help a plant soak up what?
What is Sunlight
400
A long, curved beak is great for doing this.
What is sipping nectar.
400
Lizards, Snakes, Zebras and Octopus can do this in order to hide from predators.
What is camouflage.
500
Phrase that describes the organisms that fit the best with their environment survive and reproduce and those that don't fit in die.
What is Survival of the Fittest
500
What are the three different types of adaptations?
What are structural, physiological and behavioral adaptations.
500
Tree roots are adaptations that help trees do what?
What is soak up water that is deep underground; help the tree stand straight and not blow over.
500
Name one animal that uses mimicry to help scare off predators because they look like other, more dangerous, animals.
What is Monarch butterfly/coral snake?
500
What are the first and last name of the instructors of this course.